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TIL that 95% of nuclear weapons are owned by the USA and Russia

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LkYRr TIL scientists applied Einstein's Theory of Relativity to Luke and Leia's journeys to Cloud City in Empire Strikes Back and calculated that Leia would be nearly two years older than Luke
kOnpB TIL - Ants eat more meat than lions, tigers and wolves combined
ObYR TIL that a “fossil word” is a word that is generally obsolete but remains in use because it is part of an idiom. For example, amok as in “run amok”, or turpitude as in “moral turpitude”.
QJgaM TIL the Brown Recluse Spider is immune to Insecticides. Instead it causes them to become drunk and actually increases their likelihood of biting someone in their stupor.
8aYMV TIL Benjamin Franklin invented anti-wound pads that would later become disposable menstrual pads