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TIL, that dolphins and whales don't drink sea water. They get water from the food they eat.

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KOmGJ TIL the period 1955-1972, the development of nuclear rocket engines in the USA began with the "Rover" project. The first experimental nuclear engine was named "KIWI" and experiments were performed on it until 1964. They constructed a compact nuclear reactor with U235 carbide in a graphite housing.
PY7Zg TIL that in Denmark, Norway, and the Faroe Islands there was a tradition for girls to give their man a knitted “testicles mitten” to see if he was ready for marriage.
56gn TIL sometimes hospital workers pretend to perform CPR while letting someone die.
l7W8K TIL that Iceland's largest tree is a 75-year-old Sitka spruce, planted in 1949 in the forest of Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Measuring 80+ feet in 2013, the tree portrays the importance of forestry and reclaiming land for natural usage in the region's thin, volcanic soils, which are subject to erosion.
wLkg6 TIL Richard Branson has Dyslexia and had poor academic performance. On his last day at school, the headmaster told him he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire.