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TIL that it was accidentally discovered that graphene can be made with a consumer DVD burner.

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R7YE9 TIL That The House of the Rising Sun also rhymes in Old French
b6yD7 TIL in 1998 Lay's introduced fat free "WOW" chips containing a fat substitute called "Olestra." They were incredibly popular with $400 million in sales their first year. The following year sales dropped in half as Olestra caused side effects like "abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and "anal leakage"
ne0OW TIL: In the movie "The Poseidon Adventure", the Theme Song "The Morning After" was sung by Renee Armand and lip-synced by actress Carol Lynley. Maureen McGovern recorded the better known 'after-film' hit.
VB4Gk TIL Mega Warheads candy were invented in 1970s Taiwan but it wasn't until the 1990s that they made it to American stores
xV5KB TIL that bloodtransfusions for newborns below 4 months of age need to be compatible to the blood type of the mother, not of the newborn due to newborns not creating their own antibodies, but instead only having maternal ones.