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TIL: In the 1930s, metallic paints were invented for cars. They were made with fish scales and it would take 40,000 herring to make a single kilo of paint.

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BrljK TIL that in 2017, a Florida man who had written a self-help book about saving a marriage through communication, killed his wife and posted a picture of her dead body on Facebook.
P11lE TIL uranium is 500x more common on Earth than gold.
rR6e0 TIL Hollywood Actor James Garner was a decorated Military Veteran who served in WWII and Korea. He was awarded the purple heart twice in Korea, once from a friendly fire incident where he was shot in the buttocks by a U.S. Fighter as he dove into a foxhole. He was given his medal 32 years later.
Lkllp TIL that in 1945, "misuse of the new toilet" aboard German sub U-1206 flooded the boat and caused it to sink
JYPjk TIL Scientists killed a 507 year old clam by prying it open while trying to learn its age. It was the oldest living(non-colonial) animal on earth and it was named the Ming clam because it was born during the ming dynasty.