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TIL That an extinct species of penguins were 2.0M tall and weighed 115Kg!

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JYEj1 TIL about Salting, a labor union tactic involving the act of getting a job at a specific workplace with the intent of organizing a union
OG0EL TIL Duplex stainless steel can undergo 475°C embrittlement that causes a loss of plasticity when it is heated between 250°C and 550°C.
4XlBR TIL most of the Federalist Papers (51 out of 85) that defended the the United States Constitution and lead to its ratification were written by Alexander Hamilton when he was 30 year old. He was also one of the five members of the committee that made the final draft of the original constitution.
16gxO TIL: The author of a best selling book chronicling the atrocities of Imperial Japan, fell into depression and committed suicide just seven years after the book was published
mxKRo TIL that the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex was a military base that cost over $2 billion and was voted to be decommissioned less than 24 hours after reaching full operational capability.