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TIL vanilla extract is required to be at least 35% alcohol

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XQKX TIL Richard Feynman made one mistake in his Feynman’s Lectures book and one student got her answer wrong in a exam. To her Feynman wrote “In science, believe in logic, not in authorities; I goofed and you goofed it too for believing me”
wLY9o TIL the colour fuchsia is named after the fuschia plant, which is named after botanist Leonard Fuchs. This makes it a colour named after a plant named after a man named after an animal, as "Fuchs" is German for "fox".
p8R7Q TIL that the chemical element Berkelium is named after the University of California, Berkeley, which is named after the city of Berkeley, which is named after the philosopher George Berkeley, who, ironically, believed that the physical world does not actually exist.
78MoX TIL That the most all callers in to the namesake show on Frasier (Original) were all well-known uncredited stars.
1g5r TIL Led Zeppelin let Ben Affleck use “When the Levee Breaks” in Argo with condition he digitally alter the player’s needle drop to correct spot on the record