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TIL Germans have a tool which breaks eggs perfectly called a Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher.

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7EwL TIL that in 1946 the United States offered to give up its atomic bomb stockpile and transfer all fissionable material to a United Nations body, to which a Soviet representative said that USSR does not want equality. The Soviet Union wants complete freedom to pursue its own aims as it sees fit".
epxG4 TIL that there’s such a thing as basically turtle wax for actual turtles.
Rx19 TIL 87 year old Leo Thalassites is the oldest living policeman in America. He served in all 5 branches of the U.S military, received 3 purple hearts, competed in the Olympic games, and blames modern-day overweight cops who “are quick to pull a gun because they can’t use their fists.”
awaay TIL The banana plant is a herb, distantly related to ginger. There are more than 1,000 types of bananas in the world.
BE6y TIL one of the key determinants as to whether a UK submarine launches a nuclear missile is if BBC Radio 4 is off air for four hours