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TIL that despite decades of research scientists still don't know how baby eels are made

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jN1Ej TIL that Ernest “Boots” Thomas, one of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima, was able to enlist in spite of being color blind by memorizing the results of another man’s test.
VBMN4 TIL of "oxygen candles", which release oxygen when burned. They are used as an emergency supply of oxygen in submarines, airplanes, and the space station.
JYk5l TIL that the U.S. Constitution gives the Senate the sole power to declare war and that the last time they did was for WWII.
RON9 TIL About Daniel Daly, a US marine who when his company was pinned down by German fire in WW1, led his men forward in a nearly suicidal charge with the words “Come on, you sons of b*tches, do you want to live forever?”
Brwgx TIL even though fierljeppen is one of the most famous sports in the Netherlands, fierljeppen is not known as much in other parts of the world.