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TIL the Beatles’ record sales helped fund research that led to the development of CT scans (computerized tomography)

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R55g8 TIL In politics and economics, a Potemkin village is any construction (literal or figurative) whose sole purpose is to provide an external façade to a country that is faring poorly, making people believe that the country is faring better.
4Xaow TIL USS Tang (SS-306) was a Balao-class submarine of WW II launched in 1943. Tang sank 33 ships totalling 116,454 tons and was sunk by own torpedo off China in the Taiwan Strait, 24 October 1944.
jNNMN TIL that those white flowers you can blow are in fact the same plants as those yellow flowers you see everywhere.
16bBP TIL actor William H. Macy can sing (feat. Kate Micucci)
neLn9 TIL: An estimated 8 million war horses were killed in conflict during WW I. They were used to help carry food, water, ammunition & medical supplies. More than a million dogs were also killed. They were used as messengers, sentries, rescuers, and small beasts of burden