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TIL Amelia Earhart’s body was never found because it may have been eaten by coconut crabs which then hoarded the bones in their burrows.

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MenVK TIL The spike on the German Pickelhaube helmet was supposed to function as a blade tip, designed to deflect sword blows aimed at the head. The Pickelhaube offered almost no protection from bullets & shrapnel to German soldiers during WWI.
n6D9 TIL the UK has a powerstation that’s primary function is to deal with the power demand spike caused by people switching on their kettles during TV ad breaks. The power station is built inside of a moutain.
9YEL6 Today I learned that the person who voices Aizawa in MHA voiced characters in other animes.
Bro5r TIL That the town of Warsaw, Missouri holds the records for the both the highest temperature recorded, and the lowest temperature recorded in Missouri. 118° Fahrenheit in July 1954, and -40° in February 1905
d8jpQ TIL that the Catholic Church closed a Louisiana parish in 1955 after its members refused to let a black priest be assigned to it.