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TIL two of the top innovators in US military technology are called Palantir and Anduril

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0dapj TIL US butter is shaped differently depending on where in the US it's produced. Eastern US butter is longer and skinnier while west coast butter is short and stubby.
v17GL TIL the tritone was never banned by the Catholic church; it was called "the devil in music" in one medieval music theory text because its vibrations made it technically difficult to sing. The tritone was not literally associated with the concept of evil until Black Sabbath popularized the myth.
nW7W9 TIL the color of Sun is white when viewed in outer space, outside our atmosphere
epP1E TIL about Pearl Hart, an infamous female outlaw who committed one of the last stagecoach robberies in history. Hart would become a local celebrity while imprisoned and ended up living until the age of 84, dying in 1955.
ney6b TIL that a single inhalation from the Colorado River Toad's toxins can enhance a persons life satisfaction and mental state.