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TIL a highschool kid developed a better way to make fuel oil from algae.

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rRjXW TIL that axolotls are basically real life pokemon that can morph into salamanders when exposed to excessive levels of iodine
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wZAE TIL that Betty Crocker included the instruction to ‘add an egg’ to their cake mix because it was too easy to make and housewives had felt guilty using it.
rRW0w TIL that Abraham Lincoln was challenged to a duel in 1842. As the challenged party, he would have the right to select the weapons used. He accepted the challenge and chose broadswords "of the largest size" in order to take advantage of his superior reach.
a8BQb TIL that Rx, used as shorthand for prescription is actually an abbreviation for the Latin word recipere.