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TIL That Until Selective Breeding Made Them Taste Better, Watermelons Tasted Bitter And Were Harvested Only For Their Water Content

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9Ymgm TIL that the US Navy owns a ship named USS Chancellorsville, which is literally named after a battle that the US lost.
ADrbx TIL In males, 80% to 95% of REM sleep is normally accompanied by partial to full penile erection.
rR1Me TIL when the head of Universal Studios saw a film by a young student named Steven Spielberg, he called him in for a meeting, offered him a 7-year contract and told him, "a lot of people will stick with you in success; I’ll stick with you in failure."
DaaP TIL tipping ones hat originates from knights raising their face visors to show friendliness.
Z8ZdY TIL That the Memorial hall of the Canadian War Museum was designed in such a way that sunlight will only frame the original headstone of the unknown soldier once each year on the 11th of November at 11:00 am