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TIL that stretch marks don't tan.
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TIL Ireland is the only country in the world that has a lower population today than they did in 1841. Ireland’s population in 1841 was 8.2 million - today it’s population is only 6.4 million. Still showing the long-lasting effects of the Great Famine
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TIL of couple Vladimir & Lidiya Guryev of Montclair New Jersey. They are Russian spies in pretense of being locals in the name of Richard & Cynthia Murphy. They arrived in US in mid 1990s and arrested by FBI in 2010.
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TIL about the Sea Dragon, a fully conceived rocket design that would have launched from the ocean and was designed to put 550 tonnes into low Earth orbit.
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TIL there is one double barrel cannon in existence. It was intended to fire simultaneously from side-by-side barrels two balls linked by a chain, intended to scythe down enemy soldiers like standing wheat.
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TIL the Wood Frog can go eight months without peeing. While it hibernates, it uses the urea (the main waste in urine) to protect their cells and tissues, even as the critters heart, brain and bloodstream stop.