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TIL bananas are actually used for scale… for measuring radioactivity

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eZPk TIL that at the height of Shirley Temple’s popularity there was a rumor that she was not a child, but a 30-year-old dwarf. The rumor was so prevalent that the Vatican dispatched Father Silvio Massante to investigate whether or not she was actually a child.
7r1p TIL that ‘libra pondo’ a Latin phrase indicating weight is the reason pound is abbreviated as “lb”.
v7Gj TIL French vanilla ice cream is made with egg yolks, lending to its soft yellow color and smoother texture. Regular or “Philadelphia” vanilla is made without yolks and is white.
8e1r8 TIL that the heat of the pyroclastic surge produced by the Vesuvius explosion was so great that their brains were vitrified (turned to glass). This is the first time this has been seen.
EQlP TIL the only reason Russians are Greek Orthodoxy not Muslim is because Vladimir couldn’t get behind a religion that bans hard liquor.