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TIL Diet Coke cans float and regular Coke cans don’t, due to a difference in sweetener density

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8e9BL TIL that the first Japanese person to be sent to space was Toyohiro Akiyama. Known as "The Space Antihero", Akiyama was not a trained astronaut, scientist nor engineer and spent his time in space craving cigarettes.
lkK7 TIL Pregnant women who swallow their partner’s semen has a reduced risk of preeclampsia - a potentially dangerous pregnancy complication characterised by high blood pressure.
DQmmY TIL the famous song "Singin' in the Rain" passed into public domain in the U.S. in January of this year.
wlyW TIL that on 12 April 1945 as the end of the war approached, members of the Hitler Youth distributed cyanide pills to audience members during the last concert of the Berlin Philharmonic
d8WkE TIL The original recipe for Buffalo sauce is just Frank's RedHot and butter, and the Buffalo wing was invented by Frank's wife.