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TIL that all British tanks come with a "boiling vessel" to make tea - if it's broken, the tank is unfit for service.

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RPK8 TIL that Tina Turner became a citizen of Switzerland and relinquished her U.S. citizenship in 2013
Z8EDG TIL of Anandibai Joshi, the first female doctor from India. She was also the first woman in India to complete her studies in western medicine from the United States.
5Yk18 TIL some monkeys, like the Japanese Macaque, have the necessary vocal anatomy to produce humanlike speech, only inhibited by the fact that their brain lacks the capability to control the muscles responsible for speech.
Yp6eG TIL the actress who played one of the prostitutes in "Fargo" was also one of the movie's dialect coaches and taught lead actress Frances McDormand the movie's signature "Yeah?"-"Yeah" head-nod.
d8N5E TIL Granulation on the sun is visible only in excellent seeing with high power and at least a 4-inch aperture filtered telescope. Sometimes called rice grain or lemon peel, this textured appearance is due to hot gas continually boiling up to the Sun’s surface, cooling, and sinking down again