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TIL that Mr. Potato Head got its name because it was originally a set of plastic pieces that you were supposed to stick into a real vegetable

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Vnrp TIL That a type of plastic can be made from Milk. The resulting product is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, antiallergenic, antistatic and virtually nonflammable.
LQDlQ TIL that during the 3rd Cod War between NATO allies Iceland and the UK, HMS Falmouth rammed and nearly capsized the much smaller ICGV Týr. After recovering, Týr steamed full ahead and cut the nets of a nearby trawler, infuriating the captain of the Falmouth who rammed and nearly capsized Týr again.
gragA TIL about a 61 year old potato farmer who entered an ultramarathon and "shuffled" through the nights to the finish beating second place by 10 hours
nW6kP TIL that the San people, one of the most genetically diverse group of people in the world, have separated from the rest of humans around 200,000 years ago, just a 100,000 years less from the lowest estimate of when humans separated from Neanderthals.
D1kde TIL of the Alpheidae AKA pistol shrimp, that is one of the loudest animal in the sea and produces a bubble that when collapses reaches temperatures of over 7,700 °C