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TIL scuba divers dive backwards to keep boats stable

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78Lxr TIL that Helium is the only element that is not a metal with the -ium suffix and it’s because Helium was named before -ium was used to indicate metals.
e0dRE TIL that it’s a myth that redheads need more anesthesia
N7pGQ TIL of Joseph Medicine Crow who earned the title "Chief" by completing the four coups of leading a war party, touching an enemy without killing him, taking an enemy's weapon, and stealing an enemy's horse - all against the Nazis in WWII.
W1W4 TIL That the second “option” on the plate of a stapler is for temporarily attaching papers together without tearing up the corners of the paper upon removal
oBb07 TIL the wreckage of the train and bus from the hit movie The Fugitive were left in place in North Carolina at the request of the Smoky Mountain Railway, which sees them as a tourist attraction.