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TIL that "pair of pants" is a fixed term of mathematics that describes a certain type of surface with three holes

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kJaw7 TIL that Cracker Jack is considered by some food historians to be the first junk food. It was introduced in 1896 along with the slogan “The more you eat, the more you want.”
7b6X TIL that Moringa tree leaves contain all of the essential amino acids, more iron than spinach, more calcium than milk, more Vitamin A than carrots, and their seeds have been shown to purify water!
DQGwv TIL about Carlo Acutis. A 15-yo boy who died in 2006, and canonized in 2024 becoming the first, and currently only, "gamer saint".
gM408 TIL that purple is a "non-spectral color", which means that it exists only in our minds: there is no wavelength of light that corresponds to it. Our brain perceives purple when it sees a mixture of strong red and strong blue light, without any green.
RMo6 TIL: A convincing study shows that business leaders and serial killers share a mindset