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TIL that 1000 kilometers is equal to 1 megametre (Mm).
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5Lrp
TIL that David Niven was the only British star in Hollywood to enlist during World War 2. When suspicious American guards asked during the Battle of the Bulge who had won the World Series in 1943, he answered “Haven’t the foggiest idea … but I did co-star with Ginger Rogers in ‘Bachelor Mother’!”
BjLK
TIL that, due to a wartime shortage of copper, the Manhattan Project borrowed almost 15,000 tons of silver from the US Treasury to make wiring for the electromagnets in isotope-separating mass spectrometers. The wire, worth over a billion dollars at the time, was removed and returned after the war.
my0E
TIL the country “Turkey” is called totally different names in some other languages. In Nordic countries its name translates to “Chicken,” most African countries know it as “Ostrich” and East Asian countries know it as “Pheasant”
wRaP
TIL In 1986, a beer drinking goat was elected mayor of a small town in Texas, USA
699EY
TIL that in bowling, the reason why three strikes in a row is called a turkey is because in the late 1700s-early 1800s, turkeys would be common prizes given to those who could bowl three strikes in a row during tournaments.