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TIL there are 35 types of snowflakes with 121 subtypes and it’s statistically impossible to ever have two identical snowflakes

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kOXn1 TIL about Jacques Bergier, a jewish white russian with an eidetic memory, emigrant in France, became a genius in many disciplines and science-fiction editor, resistant and prisoner at Mauthausen camp during WW2, his last words were "I am not a legend".
jN7Bn TIL that bonito flakes are basically shaved fish jerky. Traditional katsuobushi is skipjack tuna preserved using smoke, caves, mold and the sun in a process that can take years. The fish is so tough that it is shaved with a katsuobushi kezuriki, which looks like a wood carving tool.
v1oDB TIL a professional security tester named Jayson E. Street, was once hired to attempt to compromise the computers and networks of a bank in Beirut. He succeeded in the compromise and found several exploits, but was soon shocked to discover he had just robbed/hacked the wrong bank
5YPY8 TIL the United States Postal Service is the single largest employer of veterans (22% of the postal workforce) and nearly a third of the veterans are disabled.
LQVQ0 TIL - One of the poorest countries at independence in 1966, Botswana rapidly became a development success story. Diamonds, good governance, prudent economic management, and a rather small population have made it into an upper middle income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies.