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TIL that chocolate is crystalline and therefore has six phases (different ways of arranging crystals). This is important for the production of glossy, brittle, melt-in-mouth-not-in-hand tempered chocolate.

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PYMQn TIL we have three types of tears - basal, reflex and psychic. Psychic tears, the ones we produce when we are sad, have a different chemical make up than the other two and contain a natural painkiller, leucine enkephalin, which is perhaps why we feel better after we cry.
GYJZ4 TIL there is a movie called 100 Years, advertised in 2015, which is due to be released on November 18, 2115.
R7Xwj TIL that between 800 and 1349, the Colosseum was used as an apartment block.
Br5Kd TIL over 62,000 Swedes were sterilized as part of a national program grounded on eugenic, medical and social grounds. This program continued into the 70's.
jN01j TIL that after Lady Diana's death two Slovakian tourists were each given a 28-day prison sentence for having taken eleven teddy bears and a number of flowers from the pile outside the palace. This was reduced to a fine of £200 each.