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TIL: It costs about 5 cents to make 4 cents.
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TIL the US military had plans for the invasion of mainland Japan named Operation Downfall. It was estimated that there would be 500k-4m US casualties and 5-10m Japanese casualties.
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TIL that if you have a bone marrow transplant, your blood can have the donor’s DNA and your salival and hair DNA will be your own. It has caused people to be wrongly arrested based on DNA evidence.
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TIL that Deland McCullough, former NFL player, and current RB coach for the Chiefs, was given up for adoption at birth in 1973. He found his birth mother in 2017. She told him the name of his father, who turned out to be his college coach and mentor throughout his adult life.
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TIL Top Cat cartoon was cancelled on USA because low ratings, but it was a big success on Mexico it even has a movie only for Mexico and Latin America.
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TIL that Eli Whitney's creation of the cotton gin gave the South enough economic power to be able to start the Civil War and his creation of interchangeable parts for rifles gave the North the manufacturing power to win the Civil War