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TIL there is no verification that the president is sane or the order lawful when nuclear launch orders are issued.

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vWMB TIL that Charles Darwin’s pet tortoise Harriet died in 2006
MJwA TIL 988 million positions can be achieved in the first four moves from both sides in chess.
kONE7 TIL In early days of penicillin, it was so expensive it was extracted from patients urine and reused on other patients.
6EZ6m TIL Due to the absence of the fifth finger on the hands of cartoon characters, animation studios have managed to save several millions of dollars, since this decision cut the time for the frame-by-frame rendering of characters.
Wk0RA TIL the first recorded murder occurred 430,000 years ago. Two small holes in the skull of the remains indicated up-close blunt force trauma.