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TIL: Ranch dressing was invented by an Alaskan Plumber

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16KlX TIL that it is possible to reach negative Kelvin in advanced physics: a system's temperature is above 0K if adding energy increases its entropy (disorder of the particles). However, once the entropy is maximum, adding more energy makes it decrease, meaning the system's temperature drops below 0K.
BAVr TIL in 1152 while leading the defense for Newbury Castle, John Marshal was told to surrender immediately or his child would be hanged. John replied that he should go ahead saying, “I still have the hammer and the anvil with which to forge still more and better sons!”
Z8WED TIL Home Alone was filmed in an abandoned high school (and Ferris Bueller's Day Off was filmed there too)
nZko TIL that Alex Smith took so many AP tests in high school that he entered university as a junior. The quarterback received his bachelor’s degree in two years, and began working on a master’s degree, before becoming the first overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft.
GY7WE TIL the reason ancient Greek and Roman male statues wave such small willies, is because having a big penis was associated with stupidity, indecency, and being easily tempted. But having a small junk was associated with wisdom, willpower and rationalism.