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TIL that Nokia was first established in 1865 as a ground wood pulp mill, and derives it's name from the nearby Nokianvirta River, which was located next to the company's original factory.

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j6y4v Today I learned the holes in Swiss cheese come from a specific bacteria called Propionibacterium freudenrichii subspecies shermanii, which converts milk into carbon dioxide at the warm temperature of 70°F; when the cheese cools, the air bubbles are left behind
B88K TIL that in 2013 a Manhattan dad was deemed “wholly incapable” of parenting his 4-year-old son because he refused to take him to McDonald’s.
7wGx TIL that Batman: The Animated Series contains a not-so-subtle jab at Joel Schumacher, the director of the infamously cheesy and homo-erotic film “Batman & Robin”.
a8P9b TIL that veteran astronaut John Young's heart rate when launching on top of the Saturn V was only 70 bpm, the normal resting heart rate; meanwhile, his rookie crewmate's heart rate was 144 bpm, more than double. Young later said his heart "was too old for it to go any faster".
ADwXo TIL that Snape’s first words to Harry were actually a Victorian Flower Language secret message.