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TIL Cambridge Bay, Canada has a 0.0% chance of sunshine throughout December

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ekyb TIL that fish sticks were first sold as an intentionally bland control product while testing a more flavorful frozen food called “herring savouries” in the market. The market’s preference for the blander cod product completely took researchers by surprise.
ZgxG TIL a 14 year old boy started drinking gasoline in a quest to become like Optimus Prime.
L9K9 TIL Scorpions evolved to glow under UV light and nobody is sure why.
VyZQ TIL that there are more barrels of Bourbon in the state of Kentucky than there are people.
RdMw TIL of Jonathan Magbie - 27-year-old quadriplegic, unable to breathe on his own, died while serving a 10 day sentence for pot possession.