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TIL that a bulbous bow allows a ship to move faster by cancelling waves with its own waves

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P5RO TIL that because of Valentine’s Day, March is the biggest month for pregnancy test sales.
loaDa TIL about the saffron crocus flower that is used to make the most valuable spice in the world (by weight)-- saffron. It can take 50,000–75,000 plants to produce 1 pound of saffron.
XkJr TIL the French philosopher Voltaire scoffed at Isaac Newton for thinking men would one day travel at speeds greater than 50mph
MeLGb TIL that sodium laureth sulfate, an ingredient in toothpaste, makes it hard to taste sweetness, and that's why drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth tastes weird.
ANdll TIL that in 1958, a nuclear bomb was accidentally dropped on South Carolina by the US Air Force. It didn’t detonate, but the conventional explosives inside it did, creating a crater 70 feet wide and injuring six people.