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TIL the word "partridge" probably comes from ancient Greek "pérdomai", a word meaning "to fart".

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jNj8j TIL When any starchy food (Pasta) is cooked, cooled and reheated, it reduces the rise in blood glucose by 50%.
KYO99 TIL over 2.5 million people applied for tickets to see Oasis at Knebworth Festival in Knebworth, England in 1996. This meant the possibility of 20 sold out nights. It remains the largest demand for concert tickets in British history.
j9xN TIL Professor Geoff Raisman spent 60 years of his life trying to find a cure for paralysis. He was fired twice but 9 months ago he helped paralysed Darek Fidyka walk again and believes his team’s work, and this breakthrough, will help many paralyzed people walk again in the near future.
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