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TiL the Brussel Sprouts have been systematically bred to be less bitter and taste better since the 90s

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8abvK TIL that the font GILL SANS was created by and named after Eric Gill, a famous British designer who admitted to sexually abusing his daughters, sisters, and a dog.
E1K40 TIL in 1908, German housewife Melitta Bentz was tired of ground coffee leftovers in her coffee cup. As a consequence, she invented the paper coffee filter, founded a company, and became the employer of her own husband, in a time when women weren't even allowed to vote.
wLjL6 TIL when British cave dive experts went to Thailand to rescue the lost soccer team, they first had rescue four rescuers who were left behind and forgotten when the cave had to be abandoned due to flooding. The men were asleep on a ledge and had missed the call to evacuate.
v1MYR TIL The equivalents of the idiom “It’s all Greek to me” in world languages use other kinds of languages other than Greek.
wj68 TIL there’s a miniature TV monitor inside the Big Bird costume that gives the puppeteer a third person’s view of himself and his surroundings.