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TIL that the uranium used in the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings were mined from Katanga province, Congo.

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xVKbb TIL soldiers in the elite Grenadier Guards never say "yes". This is because the word is redundant as the alternative is "no" and a Guardsman never says "no" to an order. They simply say "sir"
0BMv TIL Bob Feller pitched a game against the White Sox on Mother’s Day 1939 with his family in attendance. One of his pitches was fouled off into the seats, into the face of his own mother right above the right eye, resulting in her needing seven stitches. Feller went on to win the game.
Y7jO7 TIL that there are ‘rainbow mountains’ in China, where the layers of rock are so vividly colored due to mineral deposits that they look like a painting.
rNayd TIL that in 1941 Time Magazine planned to have Dumbo the Elephant as their Person (or in this case, "Mammal") of the Year due to the success of the Disney Film released that year. However, following the Pearl Harbor Attacks, Time quickly changed their Person of the year to Franklin D. Roosevelt
nekPG TIL as Dictator, Julius Caesar ordered the deliberations and minutes of the Roman Senate to be published as an act of transparency.