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TIL that the Soviet Union was in talks with Nazi Germany to become a fourth Axis Power

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xVYrD TIL that the gorilla, our close ape relative, has a bite force of 1,000 pound-force that can snap any bone in the human skeleton (900 pound-force to break a femur). In comparison, the bite force of a human being is at a mere 296 pound-force.
OGg6Y TIL Lego almost went bankrupt in the 1990s but was saved in part by the unexpected success of Bionicle.
XXpR TIL General Douglas MacArthur earned seven Silver Stars in WWI, vomited on the White House steps, wore a kimono while working at home as Army Chief of Staff, was awarded the very first Purple Heart, was Father of the Year in 1942, and told JFK to not get involved in Vietnam
ne0B7 TIL Mali discovered America ~180 years before Columbus.
mxQXP TIL carbonated water makes plants grow faster and makes green plants grow greener more than tap water.