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TIL that some Japanese breath mints contain caffeine

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7r00r TIL Midway Atoll is actually part of an underwater mountain range that stretches from Hawaii to Meiji Seamount, an underwater mountain near the coast of Russia.
O9QL TIL of a British Marine who flung himself back-first onto a grenade to save his comrades. Though the explosion threw him in the air, his rucksack absorbed the blast and he walked away with a nosebleed and a headache
b6yga TIL: All 5 of the original Super Mario Bros. development team members have been involved in the development of every core Mario game for the last (nearly) 40 years.
lxr1 TIL that in addition to being a Nobel-winning physicist, Richard Feynman was also a semi-secret artist and was pretty good at drawing strippers.
E1vnP TIL there is a law in California that if you work for an employer that has more than 50 employees and provides subsidized parking you can opt out of your space for the cash equivalent. A 1992 study showed this cash equivilant ranged from $36/mo to $165/mo pre-tax.