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TIL - Polygraph Tests being able to determine if you’re lying or not is an absolute MYTH.

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VM0nG TIL Bill Gates once released a swarm of mosquitoes at a TED talk about malaria, saying that it shouldn’t be an experience only for poor people.
L9Nd TIL while the U.S. grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, such a policy doesn’t exist in Europe. In Europe, being born in a country does not entitle you to automatic citizenship.
BrE0K TIL In WWII, U.S. heavy bomber pilots would make ice cream by strapping buckets of ice cream mix to their planes before missions. The cold and turbulence of the flight would churn the mix into ice cream by the time they landed.
6917X TIL that one of Saint Nicholas' most renowned gifts was providing a destitute man with sufficient funds for each of his three daughters to receive a suitable dowry. This enabled the three girls to circumvent a life of prostitution to sustain themselves.
R5lna TIL: Marmite, the famous yeast spread has a crazy long shelf. You could eat Marmite that was made in 1945, and it would be protected. Its flavor would have changed. However, it would, in any case, taste great.