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TIL that online recipe blogs come with seven different short stories and 30 personal anecdotes in order to create copyright protections for the recipe being blogged about. Recipes get copyright protections while ingredients lists don’t. Someone else can claim your writing if it’s not unique enough.

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JVPV TIL a theme park in Lithuania recreates life as a USSR citizen. Visitors have their belongings confiscated, wear gas masks, experience interrogation, and must learn the Soviet anthem. Their reward is a shot of vodka.
xWXD TIL: Marrying an older man shortens a woman’s lifespan, but having a younger husband reduces it even more
loQoA TIL that in 1620 with the beer supply aboard ship running low, the captain of the Mayflower decided to land the settlers at Plymouth rock instead of sailing further south.
m9pR TIL; Liam is short for William.
b6rQQ TIL that sodium batteries are a solid alternative to lithium batteries in industrial environments. Sodium is more abundant (500x) and cheaper than lithium. They are also considered safer (non-flammable). Energy density needs to improve for them to work for EV cars