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TIL there is an 81 year old model still active
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6EYel
TIL that there's a shipwreck in the English Channel packed with 1,500 tonnes of explosives, which could detonate at any given moment.
X07MX
TIL a startup called "Novamin" marketed a bioglass for toothpaste that can repair damaged enamel; GlaxoSmithKline bought the company in 2010, pulled it from every US toothpaste brand, and now sells it exclusively overseas as Sensodyne Repair and Protect which in the US instead includes fluoride.
5VVXQ
TIL D-Day was originally supposed to happen on 5th June but meteorologist James Stagg persuaded Dwight Eisenhower to postpone by a day right at the last minute. The weather conditions had to be just right for the landings and planners took the tide, wind speed and even the moon cycle into account.
KYoj4
TIL crop tops were originally designed for Men
5XlQ
TIL The Sun emits sound waves, similar to a bell