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TIL almost all men are stronger than all women in terms of hand-grip strength

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wLkDE TIL the US entered the Vietnam War after an American naval ship was attacked by the North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin... except the attack never happened. There wasn't even a North Vietnamese ship in the area.
KYDN9 TIL Science Fiction author and editor Harlen Ellison on occasion used the pseudonym Cordwainer Bird to alert members of the public to situations in which he felt his creative contribution to a project had been mangled by others
LjOd TIL Approximately 95% of the world population has a natural immunity to leprosy
aPwZ TIL Detroit is the only city in the US that has housed a baseball, basketball, football, and hockey team for over 50 years without any of them leaving.
KY6ma TIL that there is still the radioactive part of a nuclear weapon buried in a farm field from a 1961 B52 airplane crash over North Carolina. You can clearly see the Army's easement on satellite photos 35º29'34"N 77º51'31.2"W .