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Today I learned violin strings are made from sheep intestines then wrapped in metal

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VBy4G TIL Richard Garfield the creator of Magic : The Gathering is the great-great grandson of President James A. Garfield, the 20th President of The United States of America
rNbVw TIL of Minor Scale, an explosion that contained 4,744 tons of fuel oil and ammonium nitrate. Detonated on June 27, 1985 to simulate the effect of an eight-kiloton air-burst nuclear device, it was reported as “the largest planned conventional explosion in the history of the free world".
kOLo1 TIL Auto manufacturers are trying to make it illegal for you to work on your own car.
xVeL0 TIL during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis a second U2 Spy Plane had strayed into Soviet Airspace. When radioing for directions an unknown voice told him to turn right 35 degrees which would have taken him deeper into the Soviet Union. When asked for an identifying code there was no response.
1aVvP TIL there is giant, hot pink slug. It is only found in a single, isolated forest on an extinct volcano in Australia.