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TIL the chemical element calcium is a metal.

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RMDj TIL in 1956 Soviets proposed a joint project to build a dam across Bering Strait in order to warm the Arctic Ocean but it wasn’t found practicable by the US
OQba TIL van Gogh actually only cut off his own earlobe, not his whole ear.
n65o TIL that on Oct. 4, 2013 a man named John Constantino, a former Vietnam Vet self-immolated on the National Mall seemingly to protest the Federal government during “the shutdown,” but later the story was redacted to emphasize that he had been battling mental illness.
kOnGB TIL Tommy Wiseau has a web show where he is held captive by an alien and forced to play video games
R57v1 TIL Carl’s Drive-In Barbecue became Carl’s Jr. when the owner opened a smaller version of the restaurant geared to faster service, which eventually outsold and replaced the original.