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TIL there’s a new type of cement that not only takes 80 to 90% less energy to produce but also cheaper and stronger than normal cement

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6E8Ql TIL 54 oenology (wine science) students were secretly given white wine dyed with tasteless red food coloring and they overwhelmingly described the flavors as if it were red wine.
DG0p TIL an FDA official saved the US from a generation of children with birth defects such as flipper-like arms and feet by repeatedly blocking the authorization of a drug, already approved in Europe, known as Thalidomide.
R5BR1 TIL the 1886 Charleston, SC earthquake was so powerful, it caused speculation that Florida had broken off from the mainland USA
Ooyb1 TIL of Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, who was the only woman to have served in front-line reconnaissance in the Soviet marines during WWII. She carried hundreds of men to safety. In 1944, she helped assault a Ukrainian city, singlehandedly attacking a German position and taking 14 prisoners.
W7wGd TIL a kid is making $200k per year tapping on a microphone. What am I doing driving to work every day.