Today I Learned (TIL)

You learn something new every day; what did you learn today?

TIL that the five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge has a program that sends a crew member to drive people across if they’re too afraid to drive themselves. It gets between 1,200 to 1,400 calls every year

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TIL the oldest known individual tree in the world is 5,067 years old, yet there are no photos of the tree online, and its location is kept secret to protect it

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TIL: The NHS in the UK had only one man registered as a rectal teaching assistant, offering his anus to be examined by trainee doctors. TIAL: He has lost his job to a robot anus.

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TIL butterscotch is made with butter and brown sugar. Toffee is made with the same ingredients, but cooked longer.

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TIL Vitaminwater is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny’s worth of synthetic vitamins have been added. A bottle of vitaminwater contains 33 grams of sugar, making it more akin to a soft drink than to a healthy beverage

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