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TIL The gavel used by the UN President is called "Thor's gavel" as it was gifted to the UN by Iceland's first permanent UN representative Thor Thors

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XmrD TIL Prince Eric from “The Little Mermaid” is the only Disney prince who does not sing in his film.
kRn4 TIL: Ernest Hemingway hunted U Boats and Submarines on his fishing boat with grenades and machine guns.
l7e77 TIL of Abraham Wald, who in WW2 proposed that the US Military focus on reinforcing sections of the returning planes showing the least concentration of bullet holes. Initially, the Military planned to reinforce sections containing the most bullet holes, disregarding the phenomenon of survival bias
5V90R TIL the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park are so acidic that they can dissolve a human body within a matter of hours
EgyEd TIL humans ability to digest milk and other dairy products and survive on a vegetable-heavy diet only emerged about 6,000 years ago. Before that, they were meat-eaters.