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TIL that during WWII, the U.S. referred to uranium from the Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo as 'gems' and removed the mine from maps to maintain secrecy for the Manhattan Project

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mmXP TIL that if the current rate of smoking persists in China, smoking will kill 100 million of the 300 million of Chinese males now aged 0-29
woOoE TIL that the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard isn't in Portsmouth. The Norfolk Naval Ship Yard isn't in Norfolk, either; it's in Portsmouth
X1gk TIL during a tour of Germany in 1958, Groucho Marx climbed a pile of rubble that marked the site of Adolf Hitler’s bunker, the site of Hitler’s death, and performed a two-minute Charleston
D1Gkr TIL that a former presidential chief strategist and advisor, was at one time the CEO of the Biosphere 2 Experiment. The Biosphere 2 Project was the multi-year endeavor to see if humans could live in a closed environment for a long period of time.
VME7D TIL 80% of all historical marriages have been between 2nd cousins or closer