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TIL diet soda triggers an insulin response just like regular soda and may cause weight gain and increase risk of type 2 diabetes

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YpV6v TIL that dragonfly-like Meganeuropsis permiana which flew around 300 million years ago was 1.5 feet long with a wingspan of 2.5 feet. The biggest insect that has ever existed. If we cloned one today, it would probably suffocate because it needed the 30% Oxygen atmosphere present then (20% now).
78ExO TIL there is a brand of Sake called Nagasaki that looks suspiciously like a bomb.
aEEN TIL of Piper Bill Millin who played the bagpipes as British Commandos landed at Sword Beach on D Day. He was told by captured German snipers later on that he was spared because they thought he was crazy.
b6JPa TIL there are at least 40,000 native speakers of Ladin as of 2011, a written and spoken language in the Dolomite Mountains with similarities to Romansh (in Switzerland) and Friulian (in Italy). A standard form was developed for use in the whole Ladin-speaking region and is used on traffic signs
16GAX TIL Coolio once stage dived into his fans in England but they all moved when he jumped then proceeded to rob him of his jewelry and shoes.