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TIL stainless steel is made stainless by adding chrome to the steel

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bYo9 TIL Scott Niedermayer is the only hockey player to win every possible Championship in his career. This includes a Gold Medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship, The Memorial Cup in the WHL, 4 Stanley Cups, 2 Olympic Gold Medals, Gold at the World Championships, & Gold at the World Cup of Hockey
bXn7 TIL Americans spend over $143 BILLION annually… CAMPING, which accounts for nearly $10 billion in tax revenue.
KO1PE TIL that Adam Lambert actually auditioned for American Idol with a Michael Jackson song. The judges didn’t like it, but agreed to give him a second chance. He then sang Bohemian Rhapsody. Brian May saw the audition which eventually led to Lambert becoming frontman for Queen.
1abDV TIL that since 1864, the British Royal Family has maintained one of the world's largest collections of postage stamps, with King George V once setting a record when he paid £1,450 for a single stamp
VXWZ TIL that Clint Eastwood, who has been on horseback in many of his movies, had a mid-life allergy to horses.