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TIL that in 1909, the US built an Unsinkable “Concrete Battleship” in the Philippines

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EPAP TIL that Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia (and drugs) as did her husband a year later. The cause of this coincidence is unknown but is believed to be due to the mold of the house they live in.
16B4r TIL There were roughly 65 new cases of lung cancer for every 100,000 people in 1992. By 2019, that number had dropped to about 42
DQVWe TIL that in 2002 we calculated the average color of the observable universe, and named it „Cosmic Latte“
JY00j TIL: Queen Elizabeth the II actually used her powers in 1999 to prevent parliament from authorizing military strikes in Iraq without her consent. She is also completely and totally immune to any legal prosecution for any crime she could commit almost everywhere on earth.
nyN7 TIL in 1992 Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the first civilian Hummer, in 2003 he spent $21,000 to convert one it to burn hydrogen trying to jump start the building of hydrogen refueling plants.