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TIL that the King of Sweden has never worn the crown.

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9YML7 TIL Apollo 12 astronauts sneaked in nudes all the way to the moon and are now stored in official archive as "Playmate" No.1 and No.2
JZjk TIL Killer Whales are able to learn to speak Dolphin. When killer whales were socialized with bottlenose dolphins at a water facility, they changed the types of sounds they made to resemble those of their social partners
p8erp TIL During WWII chemists dissolved in acid large Nobel Prize medals with the engraved names of Max von Laue and James Franck to hide them from Germans. Solution of black liquid in two unmarked jars sat on a laboratory shelf. After the war the Nobel Foundation recast them and returned to the owners.
W7wrL TIL that there is a page to check if an image is a repost (to prevent you from reposting)
PADV TIL that in 1928 Nikola Tesla patented a concept aircraft (without propellers or wings) that could vertically take-off and land, as he thought “aeroplanes” of the time were unstable and not commercially viable.