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TIL Although windstorms on Mars will often reach 60mph, because of the low atmospheric pressure, they actually feel like no more than a gentle breeze.

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N7xmJ TIL that after taking inflation into account, 'Gone with the Wind' is the movie that made the most money of all time
6mEw TIL in 1993, The Barbie Liberation Organization challenged gender stereotypes by switching the voice boxes of hundreds of Barbie and G.I. Joe dolls and ‘reverse shoplifting’ them back into stores. Barbies would yell, “Eat lead, Cobra!” while G.I. Joes would ask, “Want to go shopping?”.
1OOW TIL that NATO founded a secret organisation which would stay behind and fight a guerrilla war in case of a Soviet invasion. This same organisation was linked to multiple terrorist attacks throughout Europe.
PgQV TIL In Japan, farmers grow square watermelons but putting them in glass cubes to control their shape. These watermelons are more expensive and fit easier in refrigerators.
won68 TIL that the last soldier of the British Empire to die in WW1 was the Canadian George Lawerence Price who died two minutes before the end of the war.