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TIL about Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Island and a buried tomb that rests there.

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J1pBv TIL the US Intelligence Community has a private wiki called Intellipedia
EgKYX TIL that Alfred Gilman and Louis Goodman wrote 'Goodman & Gilman', the standard pharmacology textbook. AG's son Alfred Goodman Gilman, named for Gilman and his friend LG, was nicknamed "the only person to be named after a textbook". AGG later became editor of 'Goodman & Gilman' and won a Nobel.
7r4gP TIL that Lake Malawi (in Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique), the fourth-largest freshwater lake in the world, is called the "Calendar Lake", because it is 365 miles from top to bottom, 52 miles at its widest point, and 12 main rivers flow into the lake
OnDg TIL George Washington quelled an officer insurrection by putting on a new pair of spectacles while reading a letter to the group stating “Gentlemen, you must pardon me. I have grown gray in your service and now find myself growing blind.” Many officers were moved to tears
P1gRL TIL beryllium used to be called glucinium since French chemists noticed it tasted sweet