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TIL the reason we bake/roast almost everything at 350° is because the Maillard reaction and caramelization tends to happen between 300° and 350°

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LQpgp TIL that IPCC report was reviewed and edited by oil company representatives.
Y77Vv TIL that 83% of radiologists missed a gorilla that was inserted into images of the lungs during a nodule detection task.
gMng7 TIL that there is an ethnic group in the Philippines,called the Sama-Bajaus, intentionally rupturing their eardrums at an early age to help them when they are diving. They can stay as long as 13 mins under water at 200 feet.
OEpL TIL Homosexuality was still classified as an illness in Sweden in 1979. Swedes protested by calling in sick to work, claiming they “felt gay”.
OobVL TIL Bees in Australia are Getting Drunk on Fermented Nectar and Being Refused Re-Entry to the Hive