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TIL that this type of oval is more specifically known as a discorectangle or sausage body

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76DO TIL that the Samoan crisis was a naval standoff between the German empire and the USA that ended when a cyclone swept through and sank both fleets.
o09E TIL the US Federal Register is still using floppy disks sent by courier because a secure e-mail system is “too expensive”
pYnnN TIL that baby chickens imprinting on a robot that was made to randomly move in a room affected the robots movements. This means that hoping for a song in a playlist on shuffle and getting that same song like you were hoping for may not be a coincidence.
n6RP TIL that in the US more people visit museums than go to sporting events and theme parks combined
KYN7B TIL about the Duquesne spy ring, the largest espionage case in US history that ended in convictions, where 33 members of a nazi german espionage network were sentenced to a total of over 300 years in prison. They were lead by a man who had advised Theodore Roosevelt on big-game hunting.