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TIL that there is now a microwave that can cool things down.

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49Gw TIL that the gender neutral term for a niece/nephew is a nibling, just like the gender neutral term for a brother/sister is a sibling.
69Bp7 TIL John B Goodenough is widely credited with the identification and development of the lithium-ion battery
XEn4k TIL that Edison used Bamboo filaments supplied by his assistant from Kyoto until he developed Tungsten filament and the shrine hosts a 'light festival' complete with lit bamboo lanterns and the American anthem to honor this exchange
69peJ TIL that grocery store lobsters aren’t fed and starve to death in the tank
neo6W TIL Davy Crockett was not only an American pioneer, but a politician and a soldier: as a member of U.S. Congress he vehemently opposed Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act (which led to the Trail of Tears) and eventually died in the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.