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TIL Schrödinger didn't come up with the idea of the cat in a box to promote the idea of dead-and-live cats as a serious possibility, but as an illustration of the absurdity of the existing view of quantum mechanics

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GYWrQ TIL Tic Tacs are allowed to say they contain zero sugar even though they're almost entirely pure sugar -- because a single Tic Tac is 0.49 g and technically if a serving of a food contains < 0.5 g sugar you are allowed to round down to zero.
vD0L TIL people that enjoy spicy food are more likely to be alcoholics
R9a TIL there existed a translucent form of concrete that’s 30% lighter than regular cement, and comes in a variety of colors.
VM1Om TIL I learned that a group of people from Iran actually tried to break the record for the biggest sandwich, but they failed due to eating the sandwich before the GWR team was able to measure it.
PYxDG TIL in 1957 Tulsa Oklahoma buried a Plymouth Belvedere to commemorate Oklahoma’s 50th anniversary. In addition, citizens entered guesses as to what Tulsa’s population would be in 2007, closets person would win the car. When the vault was opened it was filled with water and the car was ruined.