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TIL the "drying" of oil paint is not due to evaporation of water or other solvents, but instead to atmospheric oxygen forming crosslinks between oil molecules, polymerizing them into a solid.

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rNk0M TIL the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975, and the song was recorded one month later
7aQZ TIL there is a gay gun rights group called Pink Pistols, whose motto is, “Armed gays don’t get bashed”
Vjd0 TIL: Stereotype accuracy is one of the largest relationships in all of social psychology. Stereotypes are more valid than most social psychological hypotheses.
rmOd TIL ring pulls on cans are patented. Their use is to hold straws in place.
rXv1 TIL Gin and Tonic were originally created by the British East India Company as a way to get soldiers to have quinine to prevent and treat malaria. Quinine (in tonic) was too bitter. In order to get them to drink the tonic officers added the solders’ gin rations with sugar, lime and water.