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TIL that if two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together. This reaction is called cold welding.

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GYJ1J TIL a young female Arctic fox fitted with a tracking device trekked 2,175 miles from Norway to Canada in 76 days, settling on Ellesmere Island in Canada. She traveled an average of 28 miles/day with a maximum pace of 96 miles/day, outpacing a previously tracked adult male fox by 1.4 times.
60jW TIL The US Navy had two flying aircraft carriers
ADR8d TIL "Wakanda" is the supreme being from American Indian mythology
YpxWP TIL that Sir Christopher Lee(who played Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings") read the trilogy every year from the year it was published to his death in 2015. He was also the only member of the cast and crew ever to have met J.R.R Tolkien himself.
P4Qn TIL: in 2011 33% of all US divorce filings contained the word “FACEBOOK”