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TIL that nothing bad happens when one eats Silica Gel, those little packets with “do not eat” stamped on the side.

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vnEr TIL that the Shell Corporation started out in 1833 as an import-export business specialising in oriental seashells. They started shipping oil over 50 years later but the name stuck.
byNQ TIL the ‘Tetris Effect’, where a person devoting a large amount of time to a particular pattern-based activity will start unconsciously thinking and dreaming about it
NOGP TIL Only One Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Saved in 1st Two Seasons of Kitchen Nightmares is Still Open
nr7B TIL legendary film director Nicholas Ray divorced actress Gloria Grahame in 1952, after finding her in bed with his 13 year old son.
XPBQ TIL that the Pentagon is developing a “combat chewing gum” to help soldiers maintain dental hygiene in the field. It is expected to save the Army $100million per year in dental services.