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TIL instead of donating money, Toyota helped the NY Food Bank by increasing efficiency, cutting line wait times from 90 to 18 minutes.

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b9Wnj TIL that the name of the company LEGO comes from the Danish phrase "leg godt", which means "play well". Interestingly, the Latin word "lego" means "I put together", but this is just a coincidence - when LEGO first started, it only made wooden toys.
9wv9p TIL Baileys Irish Cream was invented in 1974 as a way to use surplus cream and whiskey from a failing distillery and turn a profit. Now owned by international beverage conglomerate, Diageo
LeL0 TIL that during the Vietnam War, American troops would eat small amounts of C4 plastic explosive to get high.
d8eRB TIL trauma which happens to adolescents causes significant, lasting changes to the brain resulting in life-long PTSD, increased cortisol, increased amygdala function, and decreased medial prefrontal/anterior cingulate function which lasts into late adulthood.
Z8rao TIL bladeless fans work by squeezing air & accelerating it. Air is forced out through slits, & clings to the curved aerofoil surfaces. This means surrounding air pulled along, too. The air flow becomes about 15 times greater than the air taken in.