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TIL research studies have shown that sandwiches actually taste better when other people make them for you.

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dDr1d TIL that when star NBA player Reggie Lewis died in 1993, the remaining 8 million dollars of his contract still counted against the Celtics salary cap, which prevented them from signing a player of equal value for the next three seasons.
1aGNd TIL that the term "canola oil" is short for "Canada Oil low acid," a name coined to avoid the less marketable word for the product, "rapeseed oil"
MV8m TIL - In a nearby galaxy an object was found travelling 4x the speed of light. The object started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the known universe.
0wggL TIL in 2010 the Navy spent $14 million to alter the appearance of a San Diego naval building that resembles a Nazi swastika. After the project was completed in 2016, it still looked like a swastika.
X0nEQ TIL that barely contacted North Sentinelese Island is only 50km from the South Andaman Island, which has a Population of over 200.000