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TIL that tradition dictates that curved croissants are made with margarine while straight croissants are made with butter

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oJvW TIL the International Space Station is estimated to be the most expensive thing ever built ($150 billion)
5VKwD TIL that after Dwayne Johnson separated from his ex-wife Dany Garcia, he appointed her as his manager, and she has continued in that role ever since.
kJJB7 TIL In the sexual embrace, called amplexus, the male toad clasps the female from behind. The pair swims about as the female, swollen with eggs, selects a site for depositing them. As several thousand eggs are expelled from the female's body in jelly-like strings, the male fertilizes them with sperm
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78Rv7 TIL: The oldest wine bottle in the world was discovered in 1867 during an excavation of a 4th century Roman Tomb. It has been unopened since and currently resides in a Museum as scientists were concerned about how it would react once exposed to air.