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TIL white rice raises blood sugar more than sugary drinks

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exL4 TIL, Microsoft makes $2 billion a year from Android
NXenb TIL that 'the Clink' is a real place. Built around 1144 in Winchester Palace in the UK, its name has become synonymous with being in jail. Used until 1780, it seems like a very nasty place to spend time.
0dAEj TIL Cal Polytechnic placed a commemorative plaque at the bathroom where “Weird Al” Yankovic recorded his breakthrough song “My Bologna” in 1979. It is humorously known as “Studio 229.”
pY57Q TIL that in 2006, a woman named Edith Macefield turned down a reported offer of $1 million to sell her 108-year-old farmhouse to make way for a commercial development in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Instead, the five-story project was built surrounding her house.
887X TIL that the word “nickname” is just a screwed up version of “ekename,” which means “additional name.” People confused “an ekename” enough that it became “a nickname.”