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TIL more than six billion different knot types have been identified by mathematicians and scientists since the 1800s.

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A7wx TIL after hearing Kennedy’s “end of the decade” speech, an Englishman made a wager with a bookmaker of 10 pounds at 1000/1 “that a man will set foot on the surface of the moon before the first of January 1970.” He thought it was “a common sense bet.”
R78VQ TIL that coastal wolves in western Canada swim between islands and eat a range of seafood including salmon, roe and shellfish
d85W9 TIL the smell of metal is actually Body Odor
gkBA TIL photoflash bombs existed. Dropped by reconnaissance aircraft, these 100lb bombs created a blinding 500,000,000 candlepower burst of light, enabling nighttime aerial reconnaissance photography from high-altitude
aN6M TIL In 1751 Bejamin Franklin wrote that German immigrants “swarm into our settlements” and “will never adopt our Language or Customs”. Today, 97% of German-Americans speak only English at home.