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TIL molten glass becomes a conductor of electricity.

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wbpP TIL The California roll (a kind of sushi roll) was created in Vancouver, Canada by Chef Hidekazu Tojo in the 70’s.
6ElVZ TIL that the humans cannot actually multitask. We really just rapidly switch our focus between multiple tasks.
ymgM TIL Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” has spent a total 923 weeks (17 years, 9 months) on the Billboard 200 chart, including a 741 week (14 years, 3 months) stint after being released. The second longest total time on the chart is 490 weeks.
eZoD TIL Frances Bean Cobain turned down the lead role of Bella in Twilight because she thought it was a ‘sexist, Mormon Piece of S**t’, according to her mother, Courtney Love
ne4W9 TIL that the ‘104 days of summer vacation’ referenced in the Phineas and Ferb cartoon song was used because co-creator Dan Povenmire only expected the show to last 52 episodes, like most Disney Channel shows lasted at the time, and there were two segments per episode, making it 104.