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TIL Earth’s mantle holds several oceans worth of water.

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R7ALQ TIL that Abigail Adams Smith, daughter of President John Adams, underwent a mastectomy in a room of the Adams home at age 46. The operation was performed without the benefit of anesthesia.
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0d61p TIL that heavy water tastes sweet