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TIL that the meth used in Breaking Bad is actually rock candy

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V81B TIL The Moon is masculine in Hindu mythology, has 27 wives, 1 pair of in-laws, and an adulterous relationship and a child with Jupiter’s only wife.
pkb8 TIL Reindeer herders in Finland are painting their reindeer’s antlers with reflective paint to cut down on deer-car collisions.
AaPB TIL that Gordon Ramsay was doused in petrol and held at gunpoint in Costa Rica while investigating illegal shark fin trading for a television series
jdnQ TIL that pencils are yellow because, in the 1890’s, the world’s best pencil graphite came from China. In China, the color yellow is associated with royalty, so American pencil manufacturers started painting their pencils yellow to indicate they contained high-quality Chinese graphite.
QN7LM TIL that Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair. He supposedly drafted the Declaration of Independence while sitting in his own creation, making it one of the first recorded uses of a swivel chair in history.