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TIL about lava crickets, crickets that make their home in cooled lava and drink seafoam to survive

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Jv5m TIL that orange juice loses all of it’s flavor during the de-oxyginaztion process, what allows the juice to keep in vats for up to a year. Juice company’s hire the manufactures of such perfumes as CK and Dior to make “flavor packs” to make the flavorless liquid taste like juice again.
OopoX TIL Ordering and eating food in courses is called Russian service or Service a la Russe. As it was introduced to France in 1810 by the Russian ambassador. Prior to this 'French service' was the norm in most countries with all food being placed on the table and diners serving themselves
nenlb TIL China banned Time Travel films due to it being disrespectful of history or implying the idea of changing reality.
o7Q7 TIL Stephen Baldwin has a tattoo of the initials “HM”, for Hannah Montana. He got the tattoo after making a pact with Miley Cyrus to appear on her show if he had the initials tattooed on his body. He was never invited on the show and has since said that he regrets getting the tattoo.
oBOaE TIL the world's largest war memorial is the Great Ocean Road in Australia. It stretches 243 kilometres along the west coast of Victoria between Torquay and Allansford. It was constructed by returned soldiers from the First World War