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TIL Benjamin Franklin Was a Big a Pervert as TFG

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78Z4Z TIL that the guppy fish was named after British-born naturalist Lechmere Guppy
7xoO TIL Nuclear bombers from the Cold War were typically painted white or with a white underside to reflect light from the nuclear blast it would deliver, the paint is called “anti-flash white”
ADAXd TIL In 1984 scientists were stumped by a chunk of earth seemingly plucked out of the ground as though someone used a 'giant cookie cutter' and put down, right side up, 73 feet away. The chunk was mostly soil held together by roots and had the exact shape and thickness as the hole.
DPV TIL Honduras is the murder capital of the world; on average, one murder every 74 minutes.
d8dg7 TIL That Spotify pays the Artist/Label between $0.003 and $0.0084 per stream, with an average payout of $0.004 per stream.