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TIL that the artificial sweetner sucralose was discovered when a researcher misheard a command to “test this chemical” as “taste this chemical”.

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LQoMv TIL Michelle Yeoh's ex-husband was called Dickson Poon
96Dr TIL that John McCain broke both arms and a leg, then had his shoulder crushed when his plane went down in North Vietnam. He was then tortured for two years, yet refused the early release offered to him because it did not include all American POWs. He lost 50 pounds and his hair turned white.
W0j9 TIL over 80% of the world’s eyewear manufacturer and retailer brands are owned and operated by Luxottica Group, a main reason why glasses are so expensive.
16gJ8 TIL that Belize and Guatemala are currently in a massive border dispute that has persisted for hundreds of years
nWGMW TIL that there's a turtles species capable of breathing under water through its butt. Cloacal respiration is a built-in scuba diving system