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TIL: Duct tape should never be used for taping ducts

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X488 TIL When Lyndon Johnson died there were no former living Presidents. The last time that happened? When Washington died.
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b61bp TIL that Antarctica is the driest continent on Earth, with some parts receiving less precipitation than the Sahara Desert.
v17Br TIL that NASA has hired 24 theologians to help them figure out how different religions around the world would react to news of extraterrestrial life.
0wK8N TIL sperm whales got their name from late 18th century commercial whalers who discovered the enormous white fluid-filled organ in the whale's head and misinterpret it for sperm fluid. This organ which is now called the spermaceti organ is actually used as a powerful echolocation equipment.