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TIL Osama bin Laden briefly attended a Quaker high school in Lebanon

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9wdVM TIL that raindrops do not have a teardrop shape. Depending on the size they are spherical or oval shaped with a indent at the bottom.
QJprL Today I learned that five times as many soldiers died in the battle of Stalingrad as US soldiers died during the whole war.
yDvV Til that if an astronaut “loses it” in space, part of the protocol is to restrain them with duck tape.
epMRE TIL that as of 2022, Mississippi, with a population of approximately 2.94 million, has the highest incarceration rate among U.S. states, with about 0.86% of its residents incarcerated. In contrast, Massachusetts, with a population of around 6.98 million, has the lowest rate, with about about 0.12%.
mxO0y TIL Alfred Nobel, of the Nobel Prize lost his brother to an accident at his lab. They were working with liquid nitrogen and attempting to create a more stable explosive. Nobel was able to complete his research after the accident and invented dynamite.