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TIL that the founder of Guinness World Records was assassinated by the IRA after offering £50,000 for information on several bombing suspects.

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a81aZ TIL Argon‑Oxygen Decarburization—the main process behind 75% of the world’s stainless‑steel production—was invented in 1954 to remove carbon while preserving chromium using a mix of argon and oxygen gases
0wLey TIL: A small village in Austria (1100 citizens) has its own small MRT (1,3km)
nD6d TIL there is a High School football coach who never punts and always does onside kicks. He has won 4 state titles doing this.
OGBOg TIL When a man in New York needed a heart transplant from a donor in Oklahoma, the hospital reached out to the US Air Force to help with transportation. The donor heart was transported across the country in two hours on an F-111 fighter jet. The operation was a complete success.
gM06b TIL that Napoleon fought more then 70 battles in his career and lost only 8, mostly at the end