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TIL that chocolate has 6 different solid phases (structural states), each with different melting points, and must be "tempered" to get it to solidify uniformly into phase V, which is considered the most pleasant form in terms of food qualities, although not the most stable at room temperature.

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pZaQ TIL that “Honda has never built a V8 for passenger vehicles. In the late 1990s, the company resisted considerable pressure from its American dealers for a V8 engine with American Honda reportedly sending one dealer a shipment of V8 beverages to silence them.”
woAP7 TIL about Charles Dickens’ son Frank, who joined the predecessors of Canada’s iconic Mounties after failing the British Foreign Office exams, losing his officer’s commission in the Bengal Mounted Police, and “squandering his inheritance on poor investments and disssipated living."
WkXJ8 TIL the pink fairy armadillo is barely half a foot long, and here is one on video in reduced sunlight foraging around in the sand for roots and grubs on a rural road, and luckily some passersby were able to film it in action. It is native to South America.It mostly active at dawn, dusk, and night.
eLNk TIL that the daughter of Korean Air chairman ordered the aircraft to taxi back to the airport’s gate before takeoff because she was served Macadamia nuts in their original packaging instead of on a plate.
m1vMM TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd the band who had a massive hit with their song 'Sweet Home Alabama' are actually from Jacksonville, Florida