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TIL The thick white rind on the outside of a wheel of brie cheese is actually mold, Penicillum candidum

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R7mK8 TIL that during WW2, the UK planned to build 'unsinkable' giant aircraft carriers with 40ft thick hulls made out of a mixture of ice and wood pulp. The project was canceled, but the scale model took three years to melt.
GYXlE TIL Shel Silverstein, the children's book author, wrote the song, "A Boy Named Sue", which was then made popular by Johnny Cash
nWB4d TIL birds truly are government spies... US military funds research on crows' facial recognition abilities for "enemy tracking"
gmw4 TIL a religious sect named “the Shakers” enforced a strict policy of celibacy - even after marriage. They’ve been dying out as a result.
VMGDk TIL The Manchineel trees is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off their leaves, it will burn your skin.