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TIL that nuclear explosions were considered for large construction projects in the 1970s

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b91Za TIL Nurses are sometimes called sisters because in Medieval Europe, the Catholic Church provided hospital services and nuns (sisters) would serve as nurses.
epZj6 TIL that .io is a ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain) and not a generic IT/developer related domain. It belongs to the British Indian Ocean Territory and will be phased out.
woZpE TIL the last Confederate general to surrender in the US Civil War was a Native American named Stand Watie
8a1nV TIL the louder your environment, the less flavor and texture your food has
neLJd TIL of Prince Frederick (1707-1751), the heir apparent to the British throne, who died at the age of 44. His cause of death was historically attributed to a burst lung abscess, caused by blunt force trauma to the chest delivered by a cricket ball.