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TIL why there are 100 folds in a chefs hat.

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5A4D TIL that Pacific Rim’s “Gipsy Danger” is not spelled “gypsy” because it’s named after the de Havilland Gipsy, a plane engine invented in 1927.
wLKlo TIL of Howard Blackburn—a sailor who, after becoming stranded and losing his mittens in a small boat off the coast of Newfoundland, let his hands freeze in a hooked position so he could row back to shore. He lost all his fingers, but survived and went on to sail across the Atlantic single-handedly.
gwvD TIL of Mariya Oktyabrskaya, who’s husband died in WW2 so she sold all of her belongings and built a tank “The Angry Girlfriend” for revenge. She became the first female tanker to ever win the Hero of the Soviet Union award
ZpPxp TIL about the 'Pando', the Trembling Giant: Earth's Largest Organism
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