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TIL that dropping a marshmallow onto a neutron star would create an explosion bigger than 1000 hydrogen bombs.

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9wQWX TIL of Finnish man Lauri Allan Törni (born 1919) who fought in WW2 as both a Finnish and German soldier, and in the Vietnam War as a US Special Forces soldier. He was killed in a helicopter crash in 1965.
l7vvG TIL trees need to shower to clean off too
nW6lG TIL that the word "boycott" comes from a British landlord's agent in Ireland named Charles Boycott who engaged in shady practices and therefore no one would do business with him.
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