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TIL: In 2010 competitive swimming banned polyurethane suits in swimming that could reduce drag up to 8%, after records were broken in droves. The thin layer of fabric was made up of tiny bubbles that trapped air and actually made the swimmer float higher in the water.

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mxxJy TIL that Moët should be pronounced mow-et and not mow-ay.
ANKWn TIL that 7Up used to contain lithium (a mood stabiliser used to treat mental health conditions)
kg6B TIL a programmer at a game company got so tired of producers asking for changes just because they felt they had to contribute, that he animated a flapping duck into the game “Battle Chess”. When the producer reviewed the animations, he said, “That looks great. Just one thing: get rid of the duck.”
jNrpv TIL about ‘the bloody Benders’, America’s first serial killer family. They are known to have killed 11 people between 1868 and 1872, luring each of them into their hotel in Cherryvale, Kansas. They disappeared before their crimes were discovered and were never seen again.
WEmN TIL all polar bears are Irish: they’re descended from brown bears that lived in Ireland over 20-to-30,000 years ago.