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TIL The US Navy was researching ways to chill a can of soda in 10 seconds

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8eMmP TIL Black people were denied vanilla ice cream in the Jim Crow south – except on Independence Day
nWrDr TIL Saudi oil giant Aramco recorded historic $161 billion profit in 2022, which is the highest-ever annual profit by a publicly listed company
BrPWk TIL the song "Hotel California" by The Eagles has no real meaning. The band wanted to create "sort of like an episode of the Twilight Zone", and ""We decided to create something strange, just to see if we could do it".
JKXm TIL a man sold all his possessions including his clothes, went to Las Vegas and bet the whole lot ($136,000) on a single game of roulette with 50/50 odds, and won.
oRRy7 TIL ferrets are illegal to own in California.