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TIL that the red juice that comes off of meat actually isn’t blood.

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xL8w TIL the Marines use a non-lethal heat beam to ward off people “causing a feeling similar to being on fire”
4LGo TIL when reviewing the 1948 movie “Isn’t it Romantic,” reviewer Leonard Maltin simply replied “No” which is the shortest review ever given to a motion picture
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