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TIL Fatburger has the hypocrite burger,vegan patty with bacon.

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kJoXm TIL of Edward Leedskalnin, a man with fourth grade education, who solely built the Coral Castle with over 1,100 tons of coral rock, using only hand tools. When asked how, his reply was that he understood the laws of weight and leverage. Today, it is a museum open to the public.
ZpV54 TIL that most blackboards are actually green because boards that were black tended to reflect a lot of light, while green boards reduced glare and were favored by teachers who had to stare at them all day.
QNAD9 TIL the PDF file format was invented by Adobe more than 30 years ago (in 1993)
DQQDr TIL Scientists Make Simulated Moondust, JSC-1 simulant, to use to test equipment intended for The Moon. It is very abrasive, which grinds machinery & seals, & damages human lungs.
nW5yo TIL Brittain used to be called Albion