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TIL scientists have figured out how to make wood that is stronger and tougher than steel alloys

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MP6V TIL Queen Sunanda Kumariratana of Siam (now Thailand) drowned in 1880 in full view of many onlookers – because they were forbidden to touch her, they couldn’t rescue her
KOBWQ TIL synthesizer repair man Eliot Curtis accidentally tripped on acid while cleaning a a vintage Buchla Model 100 synthesizer.
GZeE TIL: In 1999 the New York Mets head coach was ejected, but came back with a disguise for the rest of the game.
jYrM TIL We are born with around 300 bones and then it decreases to 206 bones by adulthood after some bones have fused together.
6EvoW TIL about the American Service Members Protection Act of 2002, which gives the United States the authority to use military force to liberate ANY American or citizen of a U.S allied-country from being held in the International Criminal Court at Hague!