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TIL that the tendency for small wettable floating objects to attract one another is called the “Cheerios Effect”

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X5GQ TIL That the opening scene in Starship Troopers, an infantry advertisment, was adapted shot for shot from a Nazi propaganda movie called Triumph of Will. The scene featured an outdoor rally of the militarized and indoctrinated german labour force, the Reichsarbeitsdienst.
aYD0 TIL that it was not until March of this year that Great Britain finally paid off it’s last debt from World War 1.
0dGwN TIL that Texas used to be part of Mexico until 1836. Then it became an independent country for 9 years before being annexed by the United States in 1845.
Lr1r TIL The Japanese Army used 3,500 tons of snow to create a Star Wars mural
noOG TIL that the Creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, helped two falsely accused men out of prison after solving the already closed cases.