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TIL in WWII a killed US service member had a 19% chance of never having their body recovered

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JYa61 TIL that the Colt 1911 pistol was purposely designed to be fully disassembled with its own internal parts and no other tools are necessary.
a8Vo0 TIL that limelight is a type of lighting once used for stages. Intense illumination is created when a flame fed by oxygen and hydrogen is directed at a cylinder of quicklime. Long since replaced by electric lighting, the term has survived; someone in the public eye is said to be "in the limelight."
x6jeb TiL that aluminium drink cans are on average, recycled ever 60 days. Good work guys.
naaB TIL that US authorities have had the right to access emails that have been stored on a server for up to 180 days without a warrant, since 1986.
yQX5v TIL that when an explosion's shockwave travels slower than sound, it is considered a deflagration, not a detonation.