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TIL Over 80% of Nevada land is owned by the US Federal Government

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R7Mn6 It might look pretty but Jupiter’s Great Red Spot could literally tear the skin from bone.
l77JV TIL Arizonan bestiality law makes special exceptions for industrial breeding practices
4eea TIL World War One officially began exactly one hundred years ago today.
0yWL TIL that the metallic smell of money is actually your body oils breaking down in the presence of iron or copper. You can see this by using a paper towel to pick up a penny smelling it - no odor. Then rub your sweaty/oily fingers on it and notice the strong metallic odor. Money doesn’t smell, you do.
8eeM4 TIL Bach wrote the Brandenburg Concertos in 1721 as part of a job application to the Margrave, which he never received a reply. The concertos were unpublished until 1850 and almost lost again during WWII