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TIL that China began developing nuclear weapons and nuclear submarines before they even had the infrastructure to mine uranium

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W7weY TIL if conditions are met, the fat of a decaying human body can turn into a soap like substance, mummifying it. In Germany some graves are so prone to it, they have burial chambers, and special soil to prevent the saponification process.
KYrdE TIL the reason that movies are in 24 frames per second is .... SOUND!
jNWWa TIL that Bill Hamilton developed modern jetboats since no existing boats could navigate the shallow, fast flowing rivers of New Zealand. He took his boats to the USA for demonstrations amidst criticism from the media. In 1960 his boats became the first and only boats to travel up the grand canyon.
dDM0Z TIL that Sweden has the most number of islands in the world with 267,570 islands out of which 221,831 are named and only around 1000 of them are inhabited.
R5bpl TIL a Nashville man known as "The Free Pizza Guy" has been giving free pizza to anyone who asks for it since 2019. As of November 18, 2020, they had sent nearly 4,000 pizzas to strangers in need.