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TIL that sperm whale oil is an essential ingredient when making a nuclear bomb.

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5VDKn TIL that well over 99% of the known 5,000,000,000+ species that have ever lived on Earth are extinct
X04KR TIL that Jacks in playing cards used to be called Knaves, but they switched to the slang, low-class term "Jack" because it was easier to abbreviate (K was already used for Kings)
p8yYp TIL The Brazilian Expeditionary Force landed in Italy on July 2, 1944, two years after Brazil declared war on the Axis. The BEF landed without weapons, and since there was no arrangement for barracks, the troops remained on the docks. This lack of planning caused controversy in the Brazilian media.
QJvGL Today I learned about the "Immovable Ladder" a symbol of division within Christian faith.
LkyMP TIL After Oprah's famous "You get a car" episode, where she gave away 276 cars at a total cost of $7.6 million, many of the recipients sent in complaints to the show as they had all been charged a $6-7k "gift tax".