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TIL Nutella contains more sugar than Betty Crocker chocolate frosting.

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b6pD9 TIL that in 2018, MIT scientists created a plane powered by an Ion drive. The plane had no moving parts and was able to fly 60 metres powered solely by a flow of ions generated through electrodynamics which created thrust.
W7QLo TIL Shakespeare's skull is missing from his grave, which mysteriously does not bear his name, but rather a curse: “Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones."
x6NJD TIL that Magnesium helped advance photojournalism. The first photography flash, a powder mix of Mg & potassium, created bright light when ignited. Jacob Riis was an early adopter and used it to document life in the often dark NYC's tenements. His work sparked public outcry, and then housing reforms
4ba TIL there is no such thing as canola, and the name canola comes from Canadian Oil Low Acid.
epdbL TIL that 20% of scientific genetics research papers have errors due to Microsoft Excel's auto-formatting of gene names into dates