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TIL that in Japan they have an expression to describe the sudden urge to poop when you’re in a book store

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XmyD TIL that the Sun contains 99.86% of the mass in the solar system.
KOgAJ TIL about the Landkreuzer, a giant Nazi tank that was never built. It would have weighed 1100 tons and been armed with naval artillery.
E1gy0 TIL The word shilling comes from schilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times where it was deemed to be the value of a cow in Kent or a sheep elsewhere.
pBAN TIL in February of 1863, there was a snowball battle amongst rival divisions of Confederate troops in which approximately 10,000 Confederate soldiers participated. It was later described by a participant as “one of the most memorable combats of the war.”
epaB6 TIL that Brazil nuts have an elevated amount of selenium (68-91 mcg per nut), and having too many of them can cause the body selenium to increase above the acceptable limit. Extremely high levels of Brazil nuts can cause a condition known as selenosis, which is even characterized by heart attacks.