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TIL our galaxy isn’t just a spiral galaxy but a bar galaxy

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Oo1PX TIL: Researchers report that they used newly discovered gut bacteria enzymes to convert type A blood to type O at a rate faster than ever before.
BgLEK TIL That the laboratory sets for Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" were made up of pieces from the set of the original "Frankenstein". Brooks was able to contact Ken Strickfaden who built many of the original sets and still had parts of them in his possession and agreed to lend them to the movie.
neGd7 TIL there is a big difference in asking for “Everything” and “All The Way” when it comes to ordering toppings on your hotdog/hamburger and there’s slight variations of what that means all over the country.
0d5R1 TIL that the largest office building in the world is Surat Diamond Bourse, India, which is a diamond trade centre located in Surat, a place where 90% of the world's diamonds are cut & polished
MegP7 TIL television networks transitioned away from from quality hard-news reporting, to the more entertaining and sensationalized news we see today, strictly because it was more profitable.