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TIL that there is a shotgun shell specifically designed to plant flowers

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l7Dpa TIL of the Canal of the Pharaohs, which was the ancient forerunner of the Suez Canal, which was first built sometime in the 7th Century BC and was used until 767 AD.
bmQ TIL Bo Peep was omitted from Toy Story 3 because she would not have survived the incinerator scene, being made of porcelain.
Z8Qo4 TIL of Sir David Brailsford, a British cycling coach who theorizes if you make a 1% improvement in a host of tiny areas, the cumulative benefits will be extraordinary. Utilizing this theory of "marginal gains"; his teams have won 18 gold medals, six Tour de France titles, and 59 World Championships.
7rvdX TIL: The song "Come Dancing" by the Kinks was inspired by lead-singer Ray Davies' memories of his older sister, Rene, who suffered a fatal heart attack at age 31 while dancing at the Lyceum ballroom.
BrjWK TIL that the French revolution gave us the metric system and almost gave us metric clocks, too. They had 10 hours in the day, 10 days in the week, and an even 30 days each month.