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TIL that the saucer under coffee cups was originally used to pour out the coffee and let it cool. Then people slurped the coffee from the saucer.

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mXgR TIL astronauts do not consume sodas or carbonated drinks in space because the lack of gravity to separate the liquid and gas in the stomach leads to a kind of vomiting called “wet burping”
O4y7 TIL: that the phrase Graveyard shift used to be Gravy-eyed shift but was misheard as the former, it has nothing to do with Graves and refers to be blurry-eyed or tired
GAYQj TIL about the controversial theory that the blocks that the Egyptian pyramids were built from may actually have been made of a limestone "concrete" that was poured in situ, and not, as is generally thought, carved out of a local quarry and hauled up
E1QyW TIL in 1981 Dr. Michael Shannon, a pediatrician back then, saved the life of a 3.2 pounds new-born Chris Trokey, who had a 50/50 chance at surviving. In 2011, Trokey returned the favor as a paramedic when he helped saving a seriously injured Dr. Shannon from a car accident.
DDv TIL That there is a company that claims to have the ability to convert the worlds waste plastic into oil