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TIL that steel from the sunk Imperial German Navy is used extensively in space ship equipment, as steel produced after 1945 is contaminated by nuclear pollution.

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J1aB TIL the Three Wise Monkeys that represent the phrase “See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil” are named Mizaru, Kikazaru, and Iwazaru. There is also a lesser-known fourth Wise Monkey, named Shizaru, who represents “Doing no Evil”.
DQnJJ TIL That Country With Highest Divorce Rate are Madlives And Smallest is Vietnam
VM85G TIL In 1967 Michael J. Adams (Maj USAF) flew an X-15 to an altitude above 50 miles and qualified as an astronaut according to the U.S. definition of the boundary of space. Moments later the craft broke apart, killing Adams and destroying the X-15-3. He was the first American space mission fatality.
GDRE TIL: Before video game addiction, people were blaming Dungeons and Dragons for suicide and teen satanism.
R7Kna TIL there is a popular resort town in China that is a near-replica of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, complete with its own Teton Village and Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. The town’s Chinese name translates literally to “Hometown, USA”.