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TIL the fortune cookie is not a Chinese creation, but originated in Kyoto, Japan. It was only during WWII that the cookie became part of Chinese-American cuisine.

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mL9O TIL when people are electrocuted and thrown far distances, it is a result of sudden and violent muscle contraction and not the result of the shock. This has raised questions as to the actual strength and capabilities of the muscles in the human body
Z8ZA4 TIL 20 first responders performed CPR on a dying man for more than an hour and a half until paramedics arrived. He survived.
v11JL In a study just published by Y-H Ryu of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, and colleagues, the astronomers calculate that 'the planet' must be somewhere around 13 times the mass of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.
LEdp TIL the US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
pYnYO TIL eVscope users have the ability to participate in Citizen Science efforts led by the SETI Institute. The smart telescope technology (4.5 inch reflector) is sensitive enough to image the transit of exoplanets and the occultation of a star by a Trojan Asteroid