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TIL that the grippy texture on metal tools is called Knurling

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OG9o7 TIL that HMS Victory is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission, with with 246 years of service as of 2024. Victory is best known for her role as Horatio, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
BrjRK TIL That “Bennie and the Jets” by Elton John was not recorded live. It was produced in a studio and the live effects were added later.
VMWvZ TIL In 1914, the exchange rate of the German mark to the American dollar was about 4.2 to one. Nine years later, it was 4.2 trillion to one. The price of a loaf of bread went from 250 marks in January 1923 to 200 trillion in November.
yP58 TIL that the Emancipation Proclamation applied only to slaves in Confederate states. Union-friendly border states and southern regions under Union control continued to practice slavery.
9LgD TIL that a lot of the “Germans” in Hogan’s Heroes were actually Jewish actors who spent time in concentration camps.