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TIL the BBC Concert Orchestra w/conductor Charles Hazlewood performed Tchaikovsky’s “1812” overture using nothing but junk yard scrap and it was impressive!

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Mya7 TIL Hiram Maxim, the inventor of the fully automatic machine gun, once received the advice “ If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each others` throats with greater facility.”
OyYa TIL the mouth of the male Flabby Whalefish fuses shut upon reaching adulthood. Losing its stomach and oesophagus, it uses energy from previous meals to grow a giant liver which sustains it for life.
kObvW TIL that the direct opposite part of the world from where you are is called your ‘antipode’ and the vast majority of the USA’s antipode is actually in the Indian Ocean.
5VrpP TIL Sammy Davis Jr lost his left eye in a car accident when he was just 29
lo0AB TIL that bats aren't actually blind - they can see quite well!