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TIL modern bikini (clothing) was named after US nuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll in 1946

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dJa8 TIL the US education system is ranked 14th best in the world. Just behind Russia.
rRy0e TIL the bi-color parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor), found only in the Red Sea, is among the largest of parrotfishes growing to about 50 cm in length. Interestingly, it is a sequential hermaphrodite, starting first as a dark brown female and then changing to either a brightly colored male or female.
yQr7w TIL that the treadmill of the International Space Station is named after Stephen Colbert.
VBMA0 TIL In WW1, artist Johannes Koelz received an Iron Cross for bravery in rescuing a comrade from behind enemy lines. Years later he fell out of favour with the Nazis, but the man they sent to arrest him was the very man whose life he'd saved, and he allowed Koelz 48 hours to escape
eXWk TIL in 1938, 150 women chained themselves to cherry trees in Washington DC in protest of plans to cut the trees down to clear space for the Jefferson Memorial. The protest ended when they had to use the bathroom.