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TIL In Cambodia, cooking with a "lucky iron fish" has helped villagers prevent anaemia.

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xVj70 TIL that on the Mississippi River in the 1850s, the word "two" was often pronounced "twain." When leadsmen measured a depth of two fathoms, they shouted "mark twain!" The American writer Mark Twain, a former river pilot from Missouri, got his pen name from this phrase.
9e0M TIL on one of its first test flights, the Boeing 787 spent 19 hours and 2/3rds of the United States drawing the number 787 and the Boeing logo.
BlYL TIL that servers’ wages, in top restaurants, have increased by over 300% because of tipping, while the culinary team’s wages have only increased by about 20%. Meaning the people serving your food are making a lot more than those who went to school in order to make it.
XEGPk TIL Rod Stewart was charged with battery after he punched a guard on New Year's Eve 2019 when the guard didn't let a group of children from his family enter a private children's party.
Gnjg TIL that sperm is highly effective in treating wrinkles, and anti wrinkle products use similar materials to sperm because of how well it works