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TIL the US owns 1.4 billion pounds of "Government Cheese"

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8eNlb TIL about Barcelona's Calder Mercury Fountain, a creation by sculptor Alexander Calder. This fountain pumps pure mercury. Mercury poses serious health risks if touched or inhaled.
4XMZX TIL In 1941 The Soviet had a design competition for the IL-2's sophisticated 23mm autocanons. The winner was chosen to equip the plane. The loser was arrested and executed.
0wWVN TIL The town of Colma near San Francisco has 17 cemeteries, about 1.5 million graves but only 1600 living residents. Its motto is "It's great to be alive in Colma."
l7ld5 TIL Legendary NFL quarterback Terry Bradshaw once used the alias with the name of another legendary quarterback "Tom Brady" to check into a hospital... in 1983, when Tom was only 6.
5Vwop TIL that birds can get divorced. Over 90% of avian species form socially monogamous pair bonds, but they may end the bonds by 're-mating' with a different partner after so-called 'divorce'. Divorce rate increases with male promiscuity and migration distance