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TIL There is an Abandoned Soviet Sub Base that Could Hold >3,000 People, and Survive a Direct Nuclear Hit.

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8amvb TIL that Fritz Haber, the "father of chemical warfare," created the Haber-Bosch process of synthesizing ammonia for fertilizers used in over half of the global population's current food production.
ZK6D TIL The Korea Central Zoo in North Korea is home to a Parrot than can squawk ‘Long live the Great Leader, Comrade Kim Il-sung’ in English
GYdVj TIL Charles Darwin was the first person known to put wheels on an office chair. He liked being able to roll round his office so he could study different specimens more quickly.
ddJd TIL In the past decade about 7,800 independent (Mom & Pop ) pizza restaurants closed.
LkdZP TIL that the word Hallelujah comes from the Hebrew hallelu+Jah meaning “praise god.” It is synonymous with the Muslim phrase humdulillah, to the extent that Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use humdullilah in place of hallelujah.