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TIL that the first British ocean-going iron warship deployed and operated in China during the first Opium War

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p8L9G TIL of Dominomus, a female house sparrow that flew into a convention center in Netherlands and caused 23,000 of the dominos being prepared for “Domino Day 2005” to be knocked over. A hunting company hired to capture the bird failed, and finally just shot it, sparking an animal rights controversy.
XExyE TIL at US Supreme Court, the most junior associate justice is charged with menial tasks, such as answering the door of conference room, serving beverages and transmitting orders of the court to the clerk.
5lW8 TIL that some old books were released with some of the pages “uncut” and folded together, and in order to read them, you must cut the pages
ZVdD TIL some species of carpenter ants can explode at will. As a last resort, they contract their abs to rupture their internal glands, resulting in a suicidal burst of corrosive, immobilizing glue.
ANkKa TIL that the Burpee is named after a person named Royal Burpee