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TIL The Titanic Was Found During A Secret Cold War Navy Mission

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kJw17 TIL linen is made from flax fibres, in a process that used to take many months. Linseed oil also comes from this plant
awwlM Ancient alchemists tried just about anything to turn lead into gold. But if they had just had a laser, they might have been able to make pseudo-platinum.
KOPww TIL Walgreens found early major success during Prohibition, by filling whiskey prescriptions.
neyB9 TIL about the eggshell skull doctrine, that states a person is responsible for the damage caused by their otherwise reproachable actions regardless of the victim's underlying condition.
R5e89 TIL The first major screenplay to incorporate synchronized sound, moving film, and color slides was an 8-hour alternative history film prophesizing the end of the world and costed approximately an equivalent of $9,418,000 in today's money