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TIL that the American Standards Association, predecessor to ANSI, published K100.1-1974, the standard recipe for a dry martini

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P1eL TIL there was a man who was blind at 10 months old, but underwent a surgery to give him vision at age 52. However, being able to see terrified and confused him so much that he committed suicide 2 years after the surgery.
6EVrm TIL modern Air Conditioning exists out of the need to dehumidify. Cooling was a fortunate side effect.
wLRm8 TIL Before 1952 golfers couldn't mark their ball on the green, even if it interfered with another player's putt
nWlm7 TIL that in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, there is a dessert called "klappertaart". This Dutch-influenced cake (taart in Dutch) included coconuts ("kelapa", spelled as klapper in Dutch) in its recipe, as they were plentiful in the area. It was originally served for Dutch families in the province.
d8V5Z TIL: Crying is good for you because emotional/stress tears carry higher levels of stress hormones being flushed out of your system and higher levels of mood-regulating manganese.