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TIL famed author Virginia Woolf, and several others, once donned blackface as part of a scheme to get a free tour of a British warship.

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VBBGG TIL that natural gas pipelines existed as far back as 500 BC but natural gas was only commercialised in 1785
ANXXd TIL in 2013, astronaut Chris Hadfield took a picture of Berlin at night from the International Space Station which showed the division between the former east and west through its streetlights. East Berlin looks orange due to sodium vapor lamps while West Berlin looks white due to fluorescent lamps.
kga7 TIL when evolutionary biologist J. B. S. Haldane was asked by some theologians what could be inferred about the mind of the Creator based on his scientific work, he responded “An inordinate fondness for beetles.”
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