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TIL that a shot of espresso has less caffeine than a cup of regular coffee.

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ADVox TIL about Metás Tasis, the (almost exactly) scene by scene series of Breaking Bad but with lower budget and actors that speak spanish. Just look at the trailer.
bk9Z TIL that in 1990, a 200-person, .02 sq. mile trailer park in Texas incorporated and became a city just to open a liquor store. Until 2007, Mobile City was the only place in Rockwall county you could buy any kind of alcohol outside of a restaurant.
Bg6YL TIL that In 1969, the first message sent over the ARPANET was supposed to be the word "login." However, the system crashed after only two letters were transmitted, sending just "lo."
m1kDE TIL Boeing offered to install solid rockets on their early 727-200 airliners back in the 1960s and 1970s. These were for emergency thrust in the event of an engine failure during takeoff at high altitude airports. Only twelve 727s ever had them, all with Mexicana Airlines for use at Mexico City.
nkVW TIL that in American Psycho, every single one of their perfect business cards misspells ‘acquisitions’ as 'aquisitions’