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TIL hot foods which spend 45 minutes in takeout containers have 34% higher levels of plastic chemicals than the same dishes tested directly from the restaurant

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JlWm TIL the Oh My God Particle, an ultra high energy particle (a billion times more energy than the LHC’s output) that travels so absurdly fast, time dilation dictates that it would have experienced 16 days of time since the beginning of the universe
xV0P1 TIL that despite describing objects with completely opposing purposes, the words "dike" and "ditch" both come from the same root word.
6wAQ TIL if you are a British Citizen and you reach the age of 100, you can get a birthday card from The Queen herself, congratulating you on making it so far.
Y7k7x TIL about a set of reports known as 'The Family Jewels' detailing illegal activities conducted by the the CIA from 1959 to 1973 including funding of behavior modification research on unwitting US citizens, including unscientific, non-consensual human experiments.
W7rPN TIL a teenager's fatal overdose from using too much spray-on deodorant was ruled accidental. His mom said he would not take showers but instead would spray half a can of deodorant on himself & then use aftershave to coverup BO. 42 cans of deodorant, hair spray & other products were found in his room