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TIL that “Rubber Duck Debugging” is when a programmer explains code to a rubber duck in hopes of finding a bug.

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pgpQ TIL when a factory worker from Wonka was asked about the production of Nerds candy, he said “Basically we start off with a sugar crystal and we just keep coating it with more sugar.”
D1vDP TIL of Benny Podda, a bodybuilder who once hanged himself with a noose from the rafters, only to open his eyes after 5 minutes of hanging to flip off the audience
pYEgN TIL that the term “shirako” (literally “white child”) refers to the testicles or sperm sacs of male fish, which are considered a delicacy in Japan.