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TIL Scientists reveal how 34.5 million-year-old fish fossils help build up rare earth mineral deposits used to make LED, wind turbines, and rechargeable batteries

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XEJMj TIL during WWII the British government distributed 600,000 Morrison shelters, which were designed as a DIY indoor bomb shelter kit for houses without cellars. When properly positioned they could protect a family from the collapse of a two story building and also doubled as dining table.
dD9y9 TIL that in Spain women cannot commit gender-based violence under the current legal definitions.
0ddYN TIL in 2009 British people rebelled against the ongoing trend of X Factor victors winning Christmas number one by purchasing copies of Rage Against the Machine
OEXa TIL of a 12 year old French boy who staged an elaborate faked a kidnapping of himself just to avoid going to the dentist.
VBJQ0 TIL What the acronym FWIW stands for (For what it’s worth). I always believed it stood for from what I “We-member”. I thought I was missing out on an internet joke or meme.