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TIL that water has no nutritional value, it provides no calories, vitamins, or minerals to the body yet is integral for human survival

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DQNoD TIL the Michelin man is actually called Bibendum owning to the Latin slogan ‘Nunc est bibendum’ = “Now is the time to drink”
OoKeL TIL that in 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke apart and struck Jupiter, giving scientists their first ever look at an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects. One impact had 600 times more force than the entire world’s nuclear arsenal.
4Xxpg TIL of the Tea-Horse-Road. During Imperial-era, the Chinese noticed that Tibetans prized tea so much, they would trade high-quality horses for tea-bricks. As they needed warhorses to fight nomads, the Chinese set up a government office to sell tea for Tibetan horses, creating the Tea-Horse Road.
Rl1 TIL Cracker Barrel got in trouble for segregation…in 2004
mbDv TIL that in over 600 committed robberies, famous Australian bushranger Ben Hall was never responsible for one death.