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TIL Some species of Starfish can have over fifty arms.
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TIL about Kelly Pilcher, a young woman from Texas, who needed to have a rib removed. After the surgery succeeded, she took her removed rib to a knifemaker, and had it made into a castration knife.
4Xmjw
TIL the nuclear bomb tests in the 1940s can help identify forged paintings by using radiocarbon dating. Authenticators can count the number of carbon 14 isotopes and decide whether the number is realistic for the time. Carbon 14 isotopes are known to have dramatically increased after these tests.
Br90d
TIL that in 1965 the Roman Catholic Church, under Pope Paul VI issued the declaration "Nostra Aetate" which repudiated the theological position of "Jewish Deicide" which claims that all Jewish people, past, present, and future share an inherited guilt for the Crucifixion and murder of Jesus Christ.
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TIL that Scotts Miracle-Gro Company knowingly sold poisoned bird seed for over 2 years. They sold 70+ million bags of bird seed with a pesticide toxic to birds to help with insect control during storage. Scotts paid a fine of $4 million and give an additional $500,000 donation to wildlife study.
oByrA
TIL Gallium completely destroys Aluminium cans