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TIL that microfluidics lab-on-a-chip application can be made in the comfort of your kitchen with the help of Shrinky Dinks

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KYvla TIL that from July 9, 1832 to August 5, 1835 there was a small, unrecognized country called the Republic of Indian Stream carved from a contested segment of New Hampshire on the border of the US and British Lower Canada. The citizens voted to join New Hampshire in 1836.
GAYo4 TIL The Philippines consists of about 7,640 islands
KOJVR TIL Lotus cars were initially sold as car kits which the buyer has to assemble themselves. This was done to sace up on purchase tax. It wasn't until late 1960's that they set up a factory and actually started manufacturing the whole car and selling them
GAZ7 TIL: that when the author of Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) did the recording for the audio book, it took him 17 takes to record the passage about her death because each time he would cry or his voice would crack.
PYYxZ TIL King Ludwig the Mad built many weird impractical castles all over Bavaria which later inspired the fairy tale castles at Walt Disney parks.