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TIL the word cereal comes from the the Roman goddess Ceres, and her association with edible grains.

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KOQZ9 TIL: If your vehicle’s “check engine light” remains constantly lit, the problem is not likely an emergency. However, a flashing “check engine light” usually indicates a severe engine misfire allowing raw fuel to enter the exhaust system. This can cause major damage and requires immediate servicing.
OGjA6 TIL about Irdabama, a powerful Ancient Persian (Iranian) businesswoman who, ~2500 years ago, controlled vast estates, traded across the Achaemenid Empire, managing hundreds of workers whilst travelling around Iran and Mesopotamia with her own entourage.
4wXg TIL There are 33 million more men than Women in China
lAKa TIL that in 1925, a recently independent Ireland spent the one fifth of it’s annual budget on a Hydro-Electric Plant in efforts to modernize the country. At it’s peak it provided 96% of Ireland’s electricity - today it provides 2%.
QNPQE TIL the rat filmed breathing liquid in The Abyss (1989) was really done, and not an effect. The rat is filmed in an emulsion of oxygenated perfluorocarbon emulsion, aka "breathing liquid"