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TIL there are three times as many atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.

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7wpP TIL The “E” in Chuck E. Cheese stands for Entertainment. Charles Entertainment Cheese.
ZL14 TIL that the Titanic captain Edward Smith had crashed another ship just seven months before the Titanic sunk
R54Ma TIL A Japanese soldier did not know WWII was over and continued to hide from the enemy for 30 years.
R5nJ7 TIL of the 1991 Downing Street mortar attack, in which IRA members launched three mortars at No. 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting, attempting to kill John Major. One hit the lawn 30 yards away, and it is believed that if this mortar had hit the building the entire cabinet would have died.
VMwbZ TIL Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet paid the care home fees of the last survivor of the Titanic