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TIL the Leaning Tower of Pisa was almost destroyed in WW2 but spared because of how beautiful it is

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OVn6 TIL there is a curry so hot that it is higher on the Scoville Scale for hotness than tear gas. It’s also so hot that only ONE MAN on earth has been able to finish a full serving and that guy wandered around town hallucinating for ten minutes halfway through his dish
AN9Go TIL Firefighters use wetting agents to make water wetter. The chemicals reduce the surface tension of plain water so it’s easier to spread and better soaks into objects, which is why it’s known as “wet water.
4kebR TIL 18 aircraft from the US Army Air Forces' 100th Bombardment Group were sent on an Allied bombing raid on Münster, Germany in 1943. 5 were forced to turn back before reaching Münster & of the 13 that carried on, only 1 plane returned to base. The group became known as the "Bloody Hundredth."
WA8A TIL that the word ambisinistrous is the opposite of ambidextrous; it means ‘no good with either hand’
m9wR TIL that, since Romans used daylight and darkness to determine time, an hour was 45 minutes in the winter and 75 in the summer