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TIL not only is gold edible, it's also kosher.

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MLGV TIL: Elvis Presley had a twin brother that was born stillborn 35 minutes before him
69dj8 TIL That there is NO camera phone footage of 9/11. The first US camera phone reached the market in November 2002
BrJGd TIL the U.S. Navy Blue Angels aerobatics team perform all their maneuvers on an aircraft with a modified control stick spring tensioned with 40 lbs of pressure. Additionally the pilots do not use G-suits despite making high-G maneuvers during their routines.
QN97M TIL about the "Battle Of The Beams", a period in WW2 when the Luftwaffe used a number of increasingly accurate systems of radio navigation for night bombing, and the British fought back with a variety of their own increasingly effective means, involving jamming and deception signals.
D18AV TIL that the Philippines built a nuclear power plant and then never used it