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TIL that the reason large cuts of meat like port and brisket "stall" (stay at the same temperature, sometimes for hours) while being smoked is because they are "sweating" and water evaporation is cooling them as fast as heat is being added.

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wLNV7 TIL in June 1942, LBJ was supposed to be an observer on the Wabash Cannonball, a B-26 bomber in the South Pacific. Before takeoff, LBJ left the plane to relieve himself. By the time he returned, his seat was taken, so he couldn't get back on. The Wabash wound up crashing, killing everyone on board.
Kl5B TIL that the honorific for an especially skilled driver reacting adequately to an emergency situation in Russia is “железобетонное очко”, meaning “one whose anus is made of reinforced concrete”.
yQ5xw TIL that the flavor Blue Raspberry is based on a real fruit, the whitebark Raspberry. Although the fruit’s actual color is a deep purple, the fruit provided a way for candy makers to use blue dye
JoDj TIL a man accidently threw away a hard drive holding 7500 bitcoins, which would have been worth $9M at its height, or $4.5M today
9pWp TIL That some parents will have a child for the expressed purpose of harvesting their organs for another child. They are called “Savior Siblings”.