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TIL that stainless steel does rust, and the likelihood of corrosion depends on the chromium content of the stainless steel.

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pYA1b TIL: An MIT study in 2018 found that skill matters more than luck in fantasy sports according to the associate dean of engineering. However, the effect varies depending on sports data. Basketball/baseball were more skill based due to more stats, while fantasy football/hockey were the least.
KOjAR TIL in 2012, a missing foreign tourist on a vacation in Iceland was found when it was discovered that she was in the search party looking for herself.
N7krN TIL Prince's "Purple Rain" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for two weeks, being kept off the top spot by "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!
wL9n8 TIL the FICO credit score was started in 1989 and people used to be able to get approved for a mortgage with a letter of recommendation from their priest
j6wBv TIL that despite it being one of her best known songs, Doris Day hated performing "Que Sera, Sera", calling it "a kiddie song" and considered it inappropriate for the film it was written for, The Man Who Knew Too Much (which is about a kidnapped child). She eventually refused to ever sing it again.