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TIL That Until Selective Breeding Made Them Taste Better, Watermelons Tasted Bitter And Were Harvested Only For Their Water Content

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9nLM TIL When dropped on a very hard, rigid surface, glass balls and steel balls will bounce higher than rubber ones.
xxeo TIL that in 1987, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx suffered a heroin overdose that left him legally dead for two minutes. One of his paramedics, who was a Crüe fan, revived him with two shots of adrenaline. This is what motivated the song “Kickstart My Heart”.
6ELbw TIL the population of the Dusky seaside sparrow was devastated by intentional flooding of Merritt Island to reduce mosquito populations around the Kennedy Space Center. The last known sparrow died in July 1987 at Disney's Discovery Island.
Kye9 TIL of the Gibbons twins. Both were published writers of genius intelligence that spoke to no one except each other in their own language. They were committed to an asylum after a crimespree where they made a pact that one should die so the other could live.
XEjQ6 TIL: The Turkish city of Istanbul used to be called Constantinople