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TIL all the penicillin in the world comes from a single moldy cantaloupe in Illinois

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69p0X TIL Soda stored in plastic bottles loses 1.5% to 2% of its carbonation per week due to permeation of carbon dioxide through polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
e0YML TIL that Christmas celebrations were illegal in New England in parts of the 17th century, because the Puritans found no scriptural justification for celebrating it and associated the celebration with paganism and heavy drinking
av6o TIL ‘financial guru’ Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, filed for bankruptcy last year
v16BK TIL that where a girl ties her bow on her dirndl during Oktoberfest means something. To the right means they're in a relationship, to the left means they're single, in the back means they're a waitress or a widow and in the front means they're a virgin.
LQOmV TIL that a plant called Boquila trifoliolata is able to mimic the leaves of other plants, even plastic ones.