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TIL an anvil's sound can be dampened by sticking magnets to it, which can help prevent hearing loss.

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0MNR TIL the real life ‘Charlie’ from Top Gun went on to become the highest ranking female Pentagon official in US history.
ZpA8Y TIL during the 12th century, Egypt engaged in a trade of mummies with Europe due to the belief that these bodies emitted a valuable fluid with medicinal properties. However, it later came to light that the term "mummy" was a mistranslation of "mumia," which is another word for liquid asphalt cement.
LG6v TIL that Russell Brand was eligible to receive half of Katy Perry’s millions but declined.
Wkngd TIL that only two foreign flags were flown over the White House. Flag of Serbia was the first one to be raised in 1918 for their WW1 achievments and war solidarity, with latter being French flag in 1920 to commemorate the French Bastille Day
mxW0o TIL about the Tsar Bomba, a Soviet nuclear bomb that was deemed too powerful to use. It was 1,500 times more powerful than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs combined and 10 times more powerful than all the munitions expended during WW2.