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TIL in WW2, the British made their plane's external fuel tanks out of paper-mache, to save metal

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Y7J4G TIL The Sun makes a sound but we can't hear it
BDkW TIL since 1974, South Korea has discovered four tunnels dug by North Korea with black-painted walls to make them look like coal mines.
d8Ny7 TIL That the Pacific island nation of Kiribati is expected to be submerged within the next generation
D1JVY TIL that there is an island called Pheasant Island and it's owned by two countries. For the first six months of the year it belongs to Spain and for the other six to France.
yQwDl TIL about the Xoloitzcuintli (pronounced "show-low-eats-QUEENT-lee"), a 3,000-year-old dog breed native to Mexico. Ancient Aztecs named the breed for their dog-headed god Xolotl, and mentions of these “strange hairless dogs” appear in the journals of Columbus and other European explorers.