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TIL that the exact meaning of the letter “p” in the pH scale is unknown because the inventor never bothered to explain what it stood for.

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8e85G TIL that for a period of 20 years, Argentina ranked as one of the wealthiest nations on Earth, having the highest GDP per capita in 1895 and being among the 10 richest until 1920. Today, the country is in crippling debt, and is considered one of the biggest economic downturns in modern history.
epPX6 TIL “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” features Mount Fuji, being in the “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” series
160w8 TIL that during the 2001 anthrax attacks, one of the biggest concerns of investigators, was ensuring that smallpox samples had not been placed in with the anthrax.
N5KQ TIL that Norse people already saw the world as round before it was proven to be so
woNmJ TIL: A man was caught for stealing human toes at a Body Exhibit in 2018 by plucking two toes from a cadaver. Each toe was worth 3,800$.