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TIL high-quality bamboo is stronger than steel

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negR9 TIL of the gömböc, a convex three-dimensional homogeneous shape that when resting on a flat surface has just one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium. The balancing properties of the gömböc are associated with the "righting response" ⁠ ⁠of shelled animals such as tortoises and beetles.
P1eyO TIL a Dutch pirate captured the Spanish treasure fleet sailing from the New World in 1628. The loss of silver alone was so great that the silver price spiked worldwide, and Spain was nearly bankrupted.
x6kl5 TIL About The World Ice Theory, a Flat Earth-like pseudo-scientific theory that was popular among Nazis and Hitler himself because it was an alternative to mainstream actual science which they viewed as Jewish and soulless.
Br8yk TIL the “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service” signs commonly seen on the doors of stores went mainstream in the 1960’s as an attempt to keep hippies from shopping.
glJy TIL between New York’s 6th and 7th avenues, there is a 6 and a half-th avenue