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TIL Boeing used depleted uranium plates as counterweights in its 747 airplanes and some helicopters. While relatively safe, some of these plates have been lost. They stopped using it completely in 1981.

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5YLkB TIL That the animals Americans call "buffalo" are actually not buffalo at all. They are called bison. Buffalo and bison are in the same family, but not closely related.
695nl TIL Cai Lun, the inventor of paper, was a eunuch
oByX7 TIL Robert Wells 3 was murdered in a drive-by shooting. His parents posted his obituary in the local newspaper, detailing the honest details of his life and death, and not having a funeral. Instead, they asked supporters to donate to at-risk youth programs.
jZ7R TIL You can be allergic to water.
PY5dZ TIL that the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was arrested in part because of his use of the phrase "You can't eat your cake and have it, too." The odd phrasing showed up in both his manifesto and his personal letters.