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TIL Americans mostly eat white chicken meat and export the rest to Russia/Asia where dark meat is preferred, so most chickens get split in two and sent around the world.

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19gX TIL scientists have discovered nutrients from melting icebergs boost phytoplankton growth which in turn helps to store atmospheric carbon dioxide
aw84y Not really, but urine has been a faddish health drink for centuries nonetheless. Celts in the Iberian peninsula gargled it to whiten their teeth about 50 years before Christ; amaroli is a Sanskrit word that refers to urine therapy, which in ancient Ayurvedic practice meant imbibing urine in the morning, mid stream; Proverbs 5:15 is thought to be in support of the act ("Drink waters from thy own cistern, flowing water from thy own well"); and J.D. Salinger famously sipped his own, as did the former prime minister of India, Morarji Desai, who even appeared on 60 Minutes to defend his habit.Click here to launch a gallery about urine therapy.
jNkQv TIL that Alan Turing volunteered during war and in the application form he answered a question that asked the applicant if they understood that by signing up they place themselves liable to military law as "No". No one noticed, he became a fine marksman and then got out by citing this technicality.
pmrO TIL that KY jelly has been one of most important ingredient in Alien based movies to simulate effect of alien saliva in movies like Predator and Aliens
dDred TIL the tallest mountain in Tahiti (Mont Orohena, 2241 metres) is taller than the tallest mountain in Australia (Mount Kosciuszko, 2228 metres). This is despite Tahiti's land area of just 1000 sq km (400 sq miles) compared to Australia's area of 7.6 million sq km (2.9 million sq miles)!