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TIL Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five US military branches

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jNb0M TIL Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his dormitory while studying at Cambridge.
wLGd1 TIL why toothpaste makes orange juice awful. A common detergent/surfactant called sodium lauryl sulphate in toothpaste both suppresses sweet receptors, and destroys phospholipids in your mouth which inhibit your bitter receptors. So it employs a double-whammy impact to your taste buds!
oBBK8 TIL Pregnant Crash Test Dummies Exist
6mdJ TIL The new Marriott in Port au Prince is a teaching hotel and hiring priorities are given to Haitians in need of work over past experience or skill set in order to support the community. Extra showers and facilities were built for the staff, many of whom don’t have running water in their own homes
78nWO TIL people have sustained severe injuries that are normally only seen in fighter pilots due to participating in the merry-go-round of death internet challenge because of the high g-forces created as people ride a playground merry-go-round that is spun by the rear wheel of a motorcycle or moped.