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TIL that due to shortages penicillin was re-extracted from patients’ urine during World War II

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KLM9 TIL that you lose 50% percent of your grip strength without your pinky
xV7J0 TIL Spain's newest submarine was 75+ tons heavier than expected because someone put a decimal point in the wrong place. It could go down, but might not come up again.
owbE TIL that in 1971, a chimpanzee community began to divide, and by 1974, it had split completely into two opposing communities. For the next 4 years this conflict led to the complete annihilation of one of the chimpanzee communities and became the first ever documented case of warfare in nonhumans
5VoYP TIL that people live year-round in houseboats on Great Slave Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories, 1,800 km north of the nearest big city (Edmonton) and just 400 km (250 miles) south of the Arctic Circle.
6EpdX TIL: Russians have portable deapth charge launcher