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TIL that smartphones are capable of receiving FM radio signals, but phone/wireless companies deny that consumer demand is strong enough to justify activating it

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RLW6 TIL the British scrapped a plausible plan to assassinate Hitler because they believed he was doing more harm than good for the Nazi war effort.
DbAJ TIL jeans when first dyed are yellow due to the yellow color of water soluble leucoindigo, which then oxidizes to the blue color of indigo on jeans.
X0Vwk TIL that serial killer Edmund Kemper had applied to become a state trooper, but he was rejected because of his size. He was 6’9 and weighed over 300 pounds. At this point, he had already murdered his grandparents and served a sentence for it.
p80Jp TIL that Ethiopia's Salt Ponds Contain One of the Few Places Life Cannot Survive on Earth: The Dallol pools are likely so hot, salty and acidic that even extremophile microbes are unable to enter.
QVPp TIL that “generic” and “specific” are derived from “genus” and “species” and were originally scientific biological terminology