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TIL that the grippy texture on metal tools is called Knurling

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M0YA TIL Blue Moon beer is made by MillerCoors, but Miller Coors doesn’t seem to want anyone to know that
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BrZ8L TIL that astronauts lose as much as 22% of their blood while in space, as a reaction to the uniform blood pressure caused by microgravity. Until their body replaces this blood, many returning astronauts can't stand for more than a few minutes without fainting.
b6LX7 TIL that 2025 = (20 + 25)^2 = 45^2 which is neat, as 25 is also a square number.
y6lV TIL that a white guy from Canada is in the Guinness Book of World Records twice for having the best selling reggae single in US history, as well as the highest charting reggae single in history.