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TIL that pink dolphins are just sun burnt albino dolphins

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a5bA TIL British spies used semen as invisible ink during WWI and this method was invented by Sir Mansfield Cumming
6ElJw TIL Around 40,000 Irish fought for the Confederate Army in the US Civil War
0deGA TIL in October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space. Seed potatoes were grown in space using technology called quantum tubers developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, combining with China’s agricultural techniques.
emKg TIL that the Hindenburg was originally designed to use non-flammable helium but the USA refused to export any resulting in the hydrogen based construction.
4kMQ5 TIL: the first dirty bomb was created and tested by the communist Red Guard for use against the PLA