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TIL soldiers used to open cigarette packs from the bottom to avoid having to “bum” them to others since from a shirt pocket the pack appeared unopened

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mxYdv TIL that pooping at work could save the average person $120 per year.
ne9RB TIL the earliest known sources of uranium were in Naples, Italy & Jáchymov, Czech Republic. Uranium is 40 times more abundant in the Earth's crust than silver. 1 KG of uranium-235 can produce as much energy as 1.5 million KG of coal.
Pk1V TIL the hip-hop artist MF Grimm was expelled from his high school for assauting the school dean… because the dean owed him drug money.
N7gjP TIL that there is a true heavy metal band, weighing about 1 1/2 tons, consisting of only robots. The guitar player has 78 fingers
OGV87 TIL that Canadians play a modified version of “American Football” with a 110-yard field that is wider and still has the fieldgoal post at the goal line (NFL moved in back in the 1970s)