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TIL Easy Cheese cans contain a propellant piston and plastic barrier that allows the cheese to come out as a thick string rather than a mist of fluorescent dairy. This also allows Easy Cheese to be dispensed upside down, sideways, and right side up, and the reason it doesn't need to be refrigerated

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YpJkx TIL prior to losing the $3 million settlement to the lady who spilled coffee and got 3rd degree burns, Mcdonald's had over 700 reports of injuries from similar incidents.
WkEL TIL that 21 out of 29 dogs yawn too if a stranger yawns at them, but don’t if the stranger simply opens their mouth
6MOX TIL of Daniel Kish, a man who despite losing his eyes at 13 months is able to navigate the wilderness, mountain bike and recognize buildings as far as 1000 feet away all completely independently through self-learned echolocation
GYYNg TIL that "shooting fish in a barrel" is considered easy because the bullet impact causes the water pressure in the barrel to change suddenly, killing every fish instantly.
jNnGR TIL about the moon landing’s ‘Human Computers’. Who were a group of women, who held math and science degrees, and were responsible for managing the moon landing’s incredibly complex calculations. They also did it real-time, by written hand, and were faster than any technology available before 1970.