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TIL by 400 BC, Persian engineers had mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert.

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vZ7L TIL NASA plans to grow plants on the moon next year.
RAr4 TIL that in 2004 Coca Cola introduced their ‘Dasani’ water brand to the UK and it was discovered to be London mains water simply put through reverse osmosis. Somehow they also introduced a carcinogen called bromate into the water and the brand was shut down.
5YVeB TIL that the hottest sauce in the world is 16 million Scoville units (Tabasco, in comparison, is 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units).
8aZJZ TIL pole dancing is a 1000 year old sport in India called Mallakhamba
W70wN TIL: Chile has over 1300 volcanoes putting it high on the list of countries with the biggest number of volcanoes.