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TIL there’s no scientific evidence that we should have 8 glasses of water each day.

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Z8YKB TIL that 'goodbye' is a contraction of the phrase 'God be with ye'
eEpL TIL Scientists in Mexico turned tequila into diamonds by heating a cheap shot to 800 degrees Celsius. At that temp, it vaporized and broke down into its atomic constituents, producing a fine layer of carbon crystal structures identical to diamonds on nearby metal trays.
nedeY TIL: Several people have been indirectedly killed by the "Pope Lick Monster" as its supposed location is in a creek under a train bridge. Cryptid hunters attracted to the area have found themselves either struck by a train, or fallen to their deaths from the bridge trying to avoid one.
1NWP TIL that “Somewhere over the Rainbow” was initially deleted from the Wizard of Oz movie, but associate producer Arthur Freed and Roger Edens persuaded the producers to keep it in. It was picked by RIAA as the #1 Song of the 20th Century and by AFI as the Greatest Movie Song Ever.
6Ee6X TIL in 1941 a Dutch Navy ship escaped the Japanese by being disguised as an island and only sailing at night. It went from Indonesia to Australia without being detected.