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TIL We Already Have Martian Rocks (Probably)

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xVpmw TIL In Denmark if you are unmarried on your 25th birthday friends play a prank by blasting one with cinnamon. On your 30th birthday the cinnamon gets upgraded to pepper. Danes sometimes add eggs to the mix because it “helps with adhesion.”
nW4mo TIL that there were Olympic medals for painters, sculptors, writers and musicians until 1952.
YpkmW TIL the home remedy of ginger for nausea actually has some science behind it. It turns out ginger contains a substance called gingerol which is converted into a substance that blocks nausea signals in the stomach. It works in a similar way prescription anti-nausea drugs do.
pYd0b TIL 47% of bald eagles and 46% of golden eagles show signs of lead poisoning. Sources of lead into the ecosystem include bullets and fishing tackles.
epN4k TIL about Taikyoku Shogi, the largest physically playable game