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TIL A fresh cilantro plant and a Stink Bug smell the same.

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eDn4 TIL a gurkha soldier in second world war lost his right hand while throwing back a grenade from his trench which exploded in his hand He then “single handedly” defended his post for over 4 hours against 200 enemy soldiers killing 31 Japanese using only his left hand.
R7bD6 TIL in the 1880s, many farmers communicated by connecting their phones to barbed wire fences. This process often allowed for up to 20 people to be connected at once, everyone’s phone would ring regardless of who called, and the invention helped many farmers overcome depression and loneliness.
LQXap TIL the Saturn V rocket, which first took humans to the Moon, weighed just under three million kilogrammes before launch, or roughly the weight of 400 elephants. More than 90% of this weight was fuel alone, leaving a payload of just 43,000 kilogrammes to reach the Moon's orbit.
X0jV6 TIL That in terms of single car company dominance by country, Uzbekistan takes the top spot. 94% of all new car sales are a single brand - Chevrolet
d8lmj TIL 30/31 of the first popes were murdered & while most of them were martyred, not all causes of their deaths are known.