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TIL that one inch of rain falling on 1 acre of ground is equal to about 27,154 gallons and weighs about 113 tons.

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691gl TIL the neo-babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar II is described in the bible as displaying symptons consistent with boanthropy, a disorder in which a human believes themselves to be a bovine.
16K5D TIL about Thirdhand smoke. First-hand smoke refers to what is inhaled into the smoker's own lungs, while second-hand smoke is a mixture of exhaled smoke. Third-hand smoke is a reference to the smoking residue on surfaces after "second-hand smoke" has cleared out.
N79D8 TIL of Major Francis Harvey VC who after being mortally wounded and losing both legs during the Battle Of Jutland crawled to a voice pipe to order the burning magazine sealed and flooded, saving the HMS Lion and its 1000 sailors from being destroyed in a magazine explosion
yVJre TIL during the gulf war an American F-15 dropped a bomb through an enemy helicopter that was attacking friendly forces
A8Jx TIL While President, Jimmy Carter sent his daughter to a public, integrated school in Washington D.C.