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TIL that the word "cravat" originates from a form of neck–cloth worn by members of the seventeenth century military unit known as the Croats.

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78Wg7 TIL closed-cup white mushrooms, common in supermarkets, are all descended from one mutant Agaricus Bisporus (usually brown) mushroom found in 1925.
jNdjn TIL George Stathakis went down Niagara Falls in a barrel. However, the barrel got stuck behind a curtain of water and he could not be recovered for 18 hours. He only had air supply for eight hours and died of suffocation. Stathakis went down with his 150 year old turtle, which survived the ordeal.
Pprg TIL until Dec 2013, McDonald’s employee help site advised workers to take food stamps, break food into smaller pieces to feel fuller, seek refunds for unopened presents, sell possessions online, and to “quit complaining” as “stress hormone levels rise by 15 percent after ten minutes of complaining.”
Nyde TIL NASA Vehicle Assembly building interior volume is so vast that it has its own weather, including “rain clouds form[ing] below the ceiling on very humid days”
nWGZW TIL Bottled water, automobile tires and polyester fabrics are the largest sources of exposure to micro-plastics that affect human health. Also, paint is one of the largest sources of micro-plastics.