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TIL of Arboform, a "liquid wood" that feels and biodegrades like wood but can be cast like plastic.

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VMxPQ TIL Brooks Brothers originally sold suits to slaveowners for their slaves to wear. Because slaves could not come in for a custom fitting, Brooks Brothers created the first “one size fits all” suit.
78yWZ TIL that the ancient Maya pyramid El Castillo mimics the chirping sound of the quetzal bird when humans clap their hands around it. Researches argue this is not accidental, as the builders of this temple felt divinely rewarded by the echoing effect of this structure.
GYmn4 TIL P. Terry’s Burger chain in Austin has a full time employee whose job is to bake birthday cakes for employees.
kOgXg TIL the phrase survival of the fittest is popularly wrongly attributed to Charles Darwin. It was coined by a philosopher called Herbert Spencer seven years before Darwin's publication of his theory of natural history, The Origin of the Species.
b69eN TIL Moxie is the oldest bottled soft drink in the U.S. Founded in 1884, 2 years before Coca-Cola, it originally claimed to have “cured drunkards by the thousands". Once widely available, it is now mostly found in New England. In 2005, Moxie was named the State of Maine's official soft drink.