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TIL pineapples burn your mouth because it contains bromelain, which breaks down the proteins in your mouth

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nW9oo TIL after DC and Marvel collaborated on an MGM Wizard of Oz comic, Marvel published a comic adaptation of the second Oz book using the movie's designs and characterizations where applicable. More were planned but it was ultimately canceled.
BgEYK TIL pilots in the 30s-40s navigated their aircraft using Morse code. The "low-frequency radio range" navigation system played letter A to tell pilots to turn left, N to turn right, and a steady tone to go straight. Pilots listened to Morse code for hours. It was prone to giving wrong directions.
e0L1D TIL the Endurance Expedition crew was shipwrecked and stranded in the Antarctic in 1914 for two years, and miraculously the entire crew survived.
BgOXe TIL that for cost reasons, American soap operas were recorded on tape instead of film. Because the tape recorded at 60 FPS while film records at 24 FPS, the motion in soap operas looked overly smooth. When The Hobbit was released at 48 FPS, people complained that it looked like a soap opera.
KYZZ9 TIL Charles Darwin had 10 kids with his first cousin.