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TIL that they don't actually make round steel tanks they make rough octagon tanks then explode them into round ones

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8exN4 TIL Ada Lovelace died from uterine cancer at the age of 36
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BVax TIL that even though many people cite the PISA test scores as a source that Americans are behind in education, the test scores show that Americans beat every other OECD country when controlling for poverty in schools.
0N7y TIL that in the 1966 film adaptation of “Fahrenheit 451” the credits are spoken, not read, in keeping with the film’s theme of destruction of reading material.
RNKw TIL the Swiss Guard, known now as the guys in the silly costumes that stand around the Vatican holding halberds, once stood against an army as it sacked Rome. 189 Guard stood against 20,000 invaders at the Vatican long enough for Pope Clement VII to escape the city.