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TIL that 7-Eleven is incredibly popular in Copenhagen Denmark, the city has almost 180 locations.

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7rMmp TIL the colored beads in Silica Gel packets are a humidity indicator. If the beads are blue or orange the silica gel can still adsorb more moisture. If the beads are pink or green, then the silica gel is spent and can adsorb no more moisture.
0dgdM TIL Cans of diet coke will float in water, regular coke cans will sink. regular coke has sugar, which makes it more dense than water, so they sink. Diet coke don’t have sugar. Instead, they use artificial sweeteners, which makes it less dense than water, so they float.
Bn8r TIL Heath Ledger directed the music video for the song “King Rat” by Modest Mouse.
NwE8 TIL :A small percentage of static on televisions is actually radioactive resonance from the big bang 13 billion years ago.
w8Y6 TIL a Rolex watch was strapped to the hull of the Trieste submersible when it dove the Mariana Trench. It survived the 35,700 foot descent, ticking the whole way.