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TIL the phrase “revenge is a dish best served cold” expresses the sentiment that revenge that is delayed, and executed well after the heat of anger has dissipated, is more satisfying than revenge taken as an immediate act of rage.

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9ojB TIL that some of the earliest “roller coasters” originated in Russia, and in romance languages, roller coasters are often called “Russian mountains” (e.g. Spanish: montaña rusa). However, in Russian, they are called “American mountains” (американские горки).
16JrO TIL that octopuses have three hearts and have blue-colored blood.
X0EwR TIL before bacteria were genetically modified to make insulin, more than 1800 kgs of pig's parts were required to make just to make 0.23 kgs of insulin for human use
LXe9 TIL Oil consumption is now below 1995 levels and the US is moving away from oil
mxwxy TIL Ty Burrell‘s (Phil Dunphy from Modern Family) Great-great Grandmother was mulatto child of a slave owner and a thirteen year old slave