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TIL that the coca wine was favored by many in the 19th century, including Leo XIII and Thomas Edison

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6WgY TIL that aspartame, the artificial sweetener, is made from genetically modified E.coli poop
9wnZr TIL that nearly 40% of all people suffer from cancer in their lifetime
E1aRP TIL that in correspondence chess there is a concept known as the "Dead Man's Defense", where a player spends as much time as possible playing out a lost position in hopes that the opposing player simply dies or loses interest, thereby winning the game.
X0M4P TIL NASA astronauts use a pen called the 'space pen' that worked in extreme heat/cold and atmospheres from pure oxygen to vacuum. Using graphite is dangerous as it could break off the pencil and cause harm to both the astronaut and equipment
XdlQ TIL of the Dunning–Kruger effect, a phenomenon in which an incompetent person is too incompetent to understand his own incompetence