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TIL it is impossible to hum while holding your nose closed.

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JW5l TIL that companies have begun treating their meat with nitrates and then packing & storing the product in a carbon monoxide atmosphere. The carbon monoxide gas in the package slows the discoloration of the meat, keeping it ‘looking’ pink and fresh.
o4KY TIL Ryan Gosling turned down the opportunity to be in the Backstreet Boys before they became big.
6M9Z TIL that the US House of Representatives has an official mace that can be used to threaten unruly congressmen.
a86ZM TIL that two of the judges that condemned Charles 1st to death in 1649 fled to Connecticut and lived in cave.
kQBW TIL there is a part of Route 66 in New Mexico where the grooves in the road play “America the Beautiful” as you drive over it.