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TIL that Nerf stands for, Non-Expanding Recreational Foam.

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neVeP TIL that during the thunderous applause following his famous 'We shall fight on the beaches' speech to the to the House of Commons in 1940, Winston Churchill whispered to a colleague, "And we’ll fight them with the butt ends of broken beer bottles because that's bloody well all we've got!".
l7odG TIL British and Commonwealth Bomber Aircrew suffered a 44% fatality rate in WWII. By 1943, only 1 in 40 would survive two tours (30 missions per tour).
GAerN TIL that a single gram of DNA can theoretically store 215 petabytes of data
mxmDM TIL that every year, the Colombian Army provides an armed escort during the migration period of black crabs, which are only found on the island of Providencia
8LaG TIL there is an electric bell in Oxford University that has been ringing almost continously for 175 years.