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TIL Most of the world don't refrigerate their eggs. Some wash their eggs the minute they are laid to which prevents salmonella. In the places that don't wash their egg they leave the protective layer (cuticle) on allowing eggs to stay out.

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xVLR1 TIL: That the original "Snake Oil Salesman" wasn't convicted of selling snake oil, he was convicted of selling FAKE snake oil. Oil from Chinese Water Snakes was considered a legit medicine at the time, but Clark Stanley was convicted in 1917 of selling fake snake oil.
rrL1 TIL of John Laufer, the man who stopped Mall Spree Killer Sylvia Seegrist. He did not know that she was shooting real bullets and simply walked up to her and grabbed the gun from her as it was annoying. He thought it was a fake gun it was a Halloween prank.
E19Ow TIL The country of Chile is so long that it would stretch from the northernmost point of Norway all the way south to Morocco
e08dk TIL that during World War 2, the US implemented a nationwide "Victory Speed Limit" of 35 mph to conserve gasoline and rubber for the war effort.
neb5Y Today I learned that the odd logos imprinted on MDMA pills are used not only to identify where it was created, but also to build a following of users. Conversely, MDMA users can let others know to avoid pills with a certain logo on them.