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TIL that bears maintain muscle mass during hibernation by recycling urea - the nitrogenous waste normally removed by urination

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X05Z6 TIL in 1954, father of the hydrogen bomb Edward Teller presented Sundial, a conceptual hydrogen bomb with a yield of 10 gigatons. Under the right conditions, this would start fires as far as 250 miles, an area the size of France. Work continued for several years after, with a test planned for 1956.
j6rBX TIL Poland syndrome is the name of a breast deformation, and not the practice of attacking countries while claiming to "shoot back"
5YZr8 TIL of Alfred Nourney, a German man and social climber who purchased an expensive wardrobe and booked a 1st class ticket on Titanic pretending to be “Baron Alfred von Drachstedt.” Because of the sinking, his ruse was revealed and is what he is best remembered for.
ZLlD TIL the Paris airport still runs on Windows 3.1
QJov6 TIL that mammals are older than flowers