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TIL the Steps on Titanic’s Grand Staircase were Linoleum.

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kQkm TIL In 1973 Syria had such a powerful air defense system, it almost destroyed the Israeli air force in just 18 days. In 1982 the rebuilt Israeli air force launched the largest air battle since the Korean war, destroying nearly the entire Syrian air defense and air force in under 2 hours.
mxmJp TIL Microsoft has the quietest place on Earth. “You can hear the grind of your bones!”
x68B0 TIL that there is a variety of flower known as cockscomb that folds in on itself, looking similar to a brain. This "folding" is known as cresting, and is due to the variety having 36 chromosomes instead of the normal 72 chromosomes of its species.
Egm4P TIL that Mehmed the Conqueror spared the lives of young men condemned to death if he found them attractive, and added them to his harem.
epDdE TIL American ballet dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq contracted polio at age 27 in 1956 and was confined to a wheelchair. Le Clercq began studying with George Balanchine at age 12 and married him at age 23. When she was 15, Balanchine choreographed a dance for a polio benefit which presaged her illness.