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TIL that copper prevents barnacles from attaching to boats.

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D1yXe Til there is a banana variety that is blue in color and has the taste and texture of vanilla icecream
DQvvY TIL Thomas Cullen Davis, an oil tycoon, shot his wife and her 12 year-old daughter execution-style. His wife survived and testified against him, but Davis was found not guilty of murder. He also tried to kill the judge overseeing his case, for which he was also found not guilty of attempted murder.
e0Rjk TIL that the French national anthem ends by saying, "May impure blood water our fields."
yVd68 TIL currently total global wealth is $450 trillion USD, US government debt is $34 trillion, and the richest 120,000 people in North America have a combined $15 trillion in total wealth.
jGlQ TIL of “Phantom Vibration Syndrome” where a person perceives a vibration from their device when, in fact, it’s not doing so and may not even be in the vicinity.