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TIL if two pieces of the same metal were to touch in space, they would bond and become inseparably fused together. This doesn't happen on Earth, because the oxygen in our atmosphere forms an extremely thin film of oxidized metal on every exposed surface.

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VBd6m TIL of Lord George Gordon, who was a British nobleman and politician in 18th century England, who led a mob of Protestants in a riot against Catholic businesses and property in London. In later life, he gained public attention from his conversion to Judaism and was nicknamed "The Birmingham Moses"
5V5Jn TIL Your Average Fit Human Can Outrun a Deer. Deer sprint; Humans can run a marathon
oBAQR TIL that Argentine has the largest Swedish community in the Americas.
9wJlQ TIL a bus monitor received 700k from a go-fund me after a video of 7th graders relentlessly bullying her was uploaded online
8r98 TIL refried beans aren’t fried twice or “fried again”, but its re- prefix comes from the Spanish word “refritos”, meaning well fried.