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TIL that most energy drinks contain Taurine. The same amino acid that cats require in the diet to prevent them from going blind.

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yQr0a TIL in 1990 Marvel published a comic where the Hulk threw Hulk Hogan through a roof for "picking the wrong name"
161jV TIL that box turtles are hinged on the bottom and are named for their ability to fold completely into a box-like shape.
epm8g TIL that Better Call Saul was nominated for 53 Primetime Emmys without winning a single one
DQNbp TIL about ‘The Pizza Meter’ which refers to sudden increases of pizza orders from U.S. government offices, such as the White House and The Pentagon, before large events such as the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Panama Invasion, and the Grenada invasion.
loMKr TIL we call people with red hair "red heads" as opposed to "orange heads" because the phrase has been around longer than the colour orange. The colour orange was described as red up until the 1500's when the first reference of orange in the English language can be found.