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TIL stainless steel is not stain free but stains less than other alloys

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R6y1 TIL of the Octobass, an enormous bowed string instrument that plays notes so low you can see the strings vibrating
loEO7 TIL The surviving heir to China's imperial dynasty worked in Beijing, had no regrets, and thought his own simple life immeasurably superior to those of his ancestors. "I don't envy them at all. My guess is that even if they lived in palaces, they must have spent every waking moment worrying."
QNEG9 TIL a survey in 2021 found 36% of all Americans- including 61% of young adults and 51% of mothers with young children - feel “serious loneliness.” Loneliness has increased substantially since the outbreak of the global pandemic.
Z8Wwp TIL Former US President Andrew Jackson was approached by a man who pulled a gun on him.The man pulled the trigger and shot at him but misfired, he then took another gun out of his pocket and and pulled the trigger but that gun also misfired.Jackson who was 67 at that time then beat him with his cane
b97eQ TIL the famous headline "Foot Heads Arms Body" (published after Michael Foot was chosen to be the chair of a nuclear disarmament committee) was written by a sub editor as a joke and never intended to be published