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TIL that separating bananas slows down ripening process

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W7OgY TIL that the son of Sam Walton, the founder of the Walmart, served in special operations during the Vietnam War and was considered a hero… The Story
Gbe7 TIL Private companies are now providing trained birds of prey to take down hostile drones and protect their clients’ airspace
VMLJ8 TIL that Mister Rogers once used an egg timer and simply let it run for sixty seconds on a television broadcast—in order to demonstrate how long a minute is. Unlike most TV made for kids, "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood" was deliberately slow and contemplative.
awOpy TIL electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver. It was used as early as the third millennium BCE in Egypt, as an exterior coating to the pyramidions atop pyramids and obelisks. The first metal coins ever made were of electrum and for a few decades, the Nobel Prize medals were too.
vPZLK TIL Kongo Gumi is a construction company founded in 578AD and still in operation