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TIL That the Soviet Union couldnt figure out how to weld titanium without cracking it, so they built 80% of the Mig-25 out of…stainless steel.

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E1Y4W TIL Minesweeper and Solitaire were added to Windows back in the 3.1 days, to train mouse discipline without the users even realizing they were learning. Solitaire was added to teach users how to Drag and Drop, Minesweeper taught using the right/left mouse buttons and mouse precision/control
4k6Ga TIL Horseshoe Crabs are more closely related to scorpions and spiders than they are to true crabs
rNRQ1 TIL what causes old people smell. As our skin matures, its natural antioxidant protection declines resulting in greater oxidation of lipid acid. When lipid acid is oxidized, the chemical compound nonenal is produced, which gives off that old people smell.
pYon8 Today I learned that the Great Wall of China is a bunch of smaller walls built over many centuries, and they each have their own names.
ByoD TIL that James Cameron’s early script for Spider-Man (2002) was laced with profanity and strong violence and featured a lengthy and graphic sex scene between Peter Parker and Mary Jane.