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TIL that OJ tastes horrific after brushing your teeth because of the molecule “sodium layryl sulphate” in toothpaste, which makes your tongue much more sensitive to bitter tastes.

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W4rB TIL when a city in Indiana replaced all their signaled intersections with roundabouts, construction costs dropped $125,000, gas savings reached 24k gallons/year per roundabout, injury accidents dropped 80%, and total accidents dropped 40%.
jNXPa TIL that the US military has an actual space force. It is the first new military service in more than 70 years since the us air force, which was established in 1947. The space force was established on December 20, 2019.
yVjBp TIL that the town of Ludowici, Georgia was designated as a "speed trap." The town police would manipulate the timing of the traffic signal downtown and ticket out-of-town motorists for running red lights. This behavior later ceased once the town was bypassed by I-95.
ZWMG TIL The woman with the record of most children birthed had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets for a total of 69 children in the span of 40 years. The father then went on to have 6 more twins and 2 more triplets with another woman, fathering a total of 87 children.
woOY1 TIL there are things called Astronomical, Nautical and Civil twilights. I just call them dawn lol.