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TIL only 6,800 Americans were killed in action over the course of the entire 8 years of the Revolutionary War

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e0bjb Til that France president is younger than his younger stepson . He is the youngest in his family
kr77 TIL: The densest wood in the world Lignum Vitae is also self lubricating, it’s been used for hundreds of years on ships, and was used for the main shaft bearings on the first Nuclear Submarine in 1955.
mxl1Y TIL that a Japanese chemical company once polluted a bay so thoroughly that some sediment contained up to 2 kg of mercury per ton. This concentration made mining economically viable, and eventually the company set up a subsidiary to do just that.
p8X5b TIL the largest murder case conducted in human history was first-chaired by a rookie who'd never been in court before - and he won. His name is Benjamin Ferencz and he is still going strong at 101 years old.
b8Ja TIL 3M engineers inadvertently built a force field under a huge roll of fast moving tape strong enough to act like an impenetrable wall.