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TIL that the Manhattan projects main security was run by Dorothy Mckibbin

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X5GP TIL before realizing his true potential in comedy, Will Ferrell worked as a teller at Wells Fargo; apparently he lost close to $600 in his first two days on the job
xVQL1 TIL about Drowning Machine dams
vgOR TIL that according to the Hawaiian creation myth, our universe comes from the wreckage of another, earlier universe and the only creatures that survived from that alien universe are octopuses
16MMd TIL that between the abdication of Margrethe II of Denmark on 14 January 2024, and the election of Māori Queen, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō on 5 September 2024, there were no female sovereigns in the world. This was the first time this had been the case in over 200 years.
awOoL TIL 3.6. million Japanese celebrate Christmas the “traditional Western way” by eating KFC. The demand is so high that getting the KFC special Christmas dinner requires ordering it weeks in advance.