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TIL that the US Navy's ALVIN deep ocean research submersible that was used to discover the Titanic was constructed by General Mills, most famous for its breakfast cereal brands.

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Br0rW TIL that when the Catholic Church wanted to canonize someone, there was a church official, the advocatus diaboli, whose sole job was to argue against that person's qualifications for sainthood. Advocatus diaboli is latin for "Devil's advocate."
v1r0j TIL That screws are "righty tightly, lefty loosey" because right handed people are more common and arm supination(forearm rotation outward) is stronger than pronation(inward) for right handed individuals. This way tightening bolts uses the most torque. This is why you're left hand can loosen easier.
DQ7gD TIL that the German branch of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is holding a Noodle Mass each Friday in the town of Templin. The Mass is even announced on road signs at the city's main roads. The church's minister calls himself Brother Spaghettus.
j6PyX TIL Eating overcooked/burnt food doesn't have an established/quantitative link to increased cancer risk, contrary to what many of us have heard, since childhood. On the contrary, processed foods like bacon or salami increase the risk, regardless of how they're cooked
QJyrE TIL of the Cannonball Run, an unsanctioned coast to coast race held by Car and Driver magazine in the 1970s protesting speed limits. Cars would average 100 MPH, barreling across America in as little as two days.