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TIL that Sam Lloyd (Ted from Scrubs) is Christopher Lloyd’s Nephew

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JpyB TIL that 7Up used to contain the mood stabilizer lithium citrate, that was originally called Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda, and was marketed as a cure for hangovers
b91Oj TIL sea mussels use organometallic iron-based bonds in their cuticles. Simulating this feature in synthetic replicas increased tensile strength 58x, toughness 92x, resistance to being deformed elastically 770x, and increased the amount of stress required to permanently damage them 76x.
R1k8 TIL bubbles from a bubble bath thermally insulate the surface of the water, keeping the bath warm for a longer period of time.
XE87k TIL Approximately 0.5 - 1 tons of Titanic's wreck is turning to rust every day. It is expected to collapse entirely within 50 years.
R714j TIL: Marge Simpson's hairstyle was originally designed to hide rabbit ears for an eventual reveal that she was secretly a rabbit from Matt Groening's comic strip "Life in Hell."