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TIL that if two identical metals touch in space, they instantly bond together and are permanently stuck. This phenomenon is called "cold welding."

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glR4 TIL that in 2007 black leaders of Noxubee County Mississippi were found guilty of orchestrating “relentless racial discrimination” against white voters.
e1rL TIL that the smell of rain is called “petrichor” and is caused by oils released by plants during dry periods then absorbed by clay and soil. Humidity then releases these oils into the air
NN4J TIL that ABBA member Anni-Frid Lyngstad was a survivor of Nazi Germany’s Lebensborn program, an attempt to selectively “breed” more children with “racially desirable” traits.
4kKdg TIL Audrey Hepburn was the first actress to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a British Academy Film Award for a single film, which was the romantic comedy "Roman Holiday."
nMnW TIL that upon creating the world’s first machine gun, Dr. Richard J. Gatling wrote that he did so “to reduce the size of armies, to reduce the number of deaths by combat, and to show how futile war is.”