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TIL There is a theory that Homo erectus could have never evolved without cooking. I.e. that cooking is what made us human.

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AXn4 TIL C-4 plastic explosive is so chemically stable it can be shot, microwaved, or even set on fire without exploding. Soldiers in Vietnam would sometimes use it for cooking fires, and, supposedly, would eat small amounts to fake illness.
Z89np TIL that both Ferrari and Porsche declined to provide a sports car for the 1990 film Pretty Woman. They took offense that a prostitute would be in their car. Lotus didn't mind.
5VlZD TIL that frozen pierogis can’t be cooked in the microwave just on their own, and that’s why my stomach is upset.
gMXJX TIL about "Aquaponics" which combines fish farming with plant farming, using water and waste from the fish to grow plants. It can require as little as 2% of the water used in standard farming methods.
lR7 TIL Henry Ford built a utopian worker city in the Amazon rainforest to harvest rubber, and the Amazon natives who worked there couldn’t drink, they were forced to square-dance, and sometimes they had knife-fights over the scarce food. It was called ‘Fordlandia.’