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TIL that Apple designs and tests its product boxes so that they open at just the right speed

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ADDkn TIL that no one has ever heard the real Monster Mash.
QJkmX TIL Human kidneys can only make urine that is less salty than salt water. Therefore, to get rid of all the excess salt taken in by drinking seawater, you have to urinate more water than you drank. Eventually, you die of dehydration even as you become thirstier.
prWb TIL that after building the artificial island of Peberholm for the Øresund bridge-tunnel, Denmark decided to plant nothing whatsoever, leaving nature to colonise at its own rate - today it hosts 450+ plant species, 8-12 bird species and rare spiders
4ba TIL there is no such thing as canola, and the name canola comes from Canadian Oil Low Acid.
GgGg TIL the French Resistance cut the elevator cables to the Eiffel Tower to keep Hitler from visiting it during his visit when Paris fell. When faced with the prospect of climbing over 1500 stairs he opted out.