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TIL "Eye of the Tiger" was originally going to be called "Survival" until the writers decided it was alright to rhyme "rival" with "tiger"

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vPNv8 TIL that many of the infamous "medieval" torture devices, like the Iron Maiden, were actually invented during the 18th and 19th centuries, not the Middle Ages.
8RB4 TIL Richard Branson vowed to donate Virgin’s transportation profits for the next ten years (3 Billion) to finding eco-friendly fuel
wo6GP TIL the reason you can never make your homemade chips look restaurant quality is because they add dextrose (corn sugar)
168A7 TIL about conservation-induced extinction, where attempts to save a critically endangered species directly cause the extinction of another.
QJn0L Whenever you're ready to fly again, be prepared: air travel after the coronavirus will look and feel a lot different from the last time you boarded a plane.