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

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6EWkW TIL The Berlin Wall started to be torn down in 1989 by mistakenly-empowered citizens after an East German spokesman misspoke at a press conference and mentioned immediate border crossing privileges for every citizen.
VBvlD TIL unlike how they are portrayed in films Velociraptors are considerably smaller in nature and roughly the size of a turkey.
yVLpp TIL about the Bannister Effect: When a barrier previously thought to be unachievable is broken, a mental shift happens enabling many others to break past it (named after the man who broke the 4 minute mile)
Z8Jxv TIL The Appalachian Mountains and the Scottish Highlands were originally the same mountain range.
O1pa TIL that Samoa is 24 hours ahead of American Samoa despite being only 30 miles away