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#TIL Day 20: Ketchup comes from a 17th Century Chinese dish of pickled fish & spices named “kê-chiap” picked up by English explorers #TIL36
— Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 20, 2014
#TIL Day 21: Singapore is the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will. #TIL365
— Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 21, 2014
#TIL Day 22: Pet Rocks were collectable Rocks that were sold as pets that don’t need to be fed, walked, bathed and would not die! #TIL365
— Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 22, 2014
#TIL Day 23: The reason Flamingos stand on one leg is to preserve body heat, which gets lost by contact to water! #TIL365
— Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 23, 2014
#TIL Day 24: Benedict Cumberbatch gave the voice for Smaug in ‘The Hobbit’! And considering Bilbo is Watson, that was pretty cool :P #TIL365
— Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 24, 2014
#TIL Day 25: Ball lightning is an unexplained atmospheric electrical phenomenon that actually happens. http://t.co/7tcTdk2k4Z #TIL365
— Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 25, 2014
#TIL Day 26: The popular TV Sitcom ‘Friends’ was originally titled ‘Insomnia Cafe’ & ‘Friends Like Us’ before it got its final name #TIL365
— Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 26, 2014
