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TIL only 31% of college graduates know that nitrogen makes up most of the Earth’s atmosphere.

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8yeX TIL of Project COLDFEET, a 1962 operation where two CIA operatives were airdropped onto an abandoned Soviet research station on an ice floe, retrieved information on advanced submarine detection systems, and were extracted via the Fulton Skyhook recovery system to a modified B-17.
7rBYb TIL about the "Ghost Ships of Kiptopeke" - concrete ships sunken off of Kiptopeke, VA, USA to form a breakwater
jxYR TIL the top 10 female billionares all inherited their money through marriage or family relation
4krE5 TIL that Gracie Allen (comedienne and wife of George Burns) ran for President of the USA in 1940 on the Surprise Party ticket
YrGB TIL that the Chippewa believed a weasel could kill the dreaded wendigo by rushing up its anus.