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TIL A Photographer Died Protecting His Film During the 1980 Mt. St. Helens Eruption

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0d79v TIL Ted Williams and George Herbert Walker Bush met each other in combat training as naval aviators in World War II and kept a friendship after the war.
6EDJQ TIL that Japan had no intention of surrendering after the nukes were dropped until emperor Hirohito stepped in. This made some generals so mad that they tried to stage a coup to overthrow the emperor to keep the war going.
ANl4w TIL about “exclusion water” or the process of adding an extra hydrogen molecule to your water in order to “improve your life”. Snake oil never changes.
R7m56 TIL that the dull side of aluminum foil is non-stick, not the shiny side!
5V5RR TIL If you plant an apple seed, the tree that develops from it will not produce the same apples as the one you planted. This is due to the fact that apples are cross pollinators, which means they require pollen from other types of apples to grow.