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TIL that carbon nanotubes were found in Damascus steel swords from the Seventeenth Century

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neK4r TIL Near the end of filming the movie Matilda, Mara Wilson's mother passed away from breast cancer. Director Danny DeVito was able to show a near final cut of the film to her so she could see her daughters performance. The movie is also dedicated to her memory.
OGObY TIL that James Bond creator, Ian Fleming had it written into his contract at The Times newspaper that he would spend 2 months a year in Jamaica. It was during these breaks that he decided to turn his hand to writing books, working for 3 hours each day.
eQ8L TIL that a man tried to establish the Kingdom of North Sudan so that his daughter could be a princess.
p5jA TIL In the United States, a 2007–2008 survey showed that dog-owning households outnumbered those owning cats, but that the total number of pet cats was higher than that of dogs.
oBgVW TIL that there is a contagious dog tumor which spreads through sexual interaction with other dogs and those tumors can be traced back to a dog which lived 11 thousand years ago which means the living cells of this dog survived through other dogs.