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TIL The explosive power of a duck’s erection can break through glass.

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Eg7gx TIL the first rocket launch of NASA's human spaceflight program failed after only 2 seconds and after flying only 4 inches. It known as the Four Inch Flight.
W7pod TIL Nicolas Cage once searched England and the United States looking for the Holy Grail.
yQXpw TIL about the Crypt of Civilisation time capsule at Oglethorpe in Atlanta, the oldest millennial time capsule conceived in 1936 that is set to be opened in 8113
Lk1km TIL that sea otters have the densest hair in the world, ranging from about 26,000 to 165,000 hairs per square centimeter.
kJ5bE TIL when the dunce cap was created by 13th century theologian John Duns Scotus, it was initially conceived as “a reverse funnel for knowledge,” and the hat remained a symbol of intelligence until the 1500s.