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TIL that people fantasy draft the National Spelling Bee
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TIL the side swipe damage of the iceberg that collided with the Titanic was a freak accident that has never occurred before or since in maritime history. If the Titanic had not attempted to go around the iceberg, crashing into it instead head on, it would have survived the impact and stayed afloat.
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TIL the Bios Urn turns the ashes from a person’s cremation into a tree by using them as a nutrient source for a seed
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TIL: Thomas Edison tested over 1,600 different materials to find the right filament for the inside of his lightbulbs including coconut fiber, fishing line, and hair, Edison and his team eventually figured out that carbonized bamboo was the best material for the job.
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TIL Low-background steel is steel produced prior to the detonation of the nuclear bombs. Typically sourced from old shipwrecks, it is often used for modern particle detectors because more modern steel is contaminated with traces of nuclear fallout
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TIL that between 2180 and 2160 BC a tunnel was built under the Euphrates River to connect the two halves of Babylon. It was the biggest underwater tunnel until one was built beneath the Thames in 1824.