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TIL Lignum Vitae is a hard wood that was originally used to make propeller shaft bearings for ships and submarines.

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xVdJ1 TIL Sammy Davis Jr. disliked "The Candy Man" so much, he rushed through recording his vocals in two takes, convinced "the song is going straight to the toilet, pulling his career down with it". It ended up being his only Number One Hit, spending three weeks at the top of the Billboard Top 100.
kJWn5 TIL about Frazer Lockhart and the Rocky Flats Cleanup Team. Rocky Flats was a nuclear weapons production facility with enough radioactive waste to fill 90 miles of rail cars. Frazer Lockhart, a DoE employee cleaned it up $30 billion under budget and 60 years ahead of schedule.
16DwX TIL the liquid ban on planes wasn’t caused by 9/11 but by British MI5, who foiled a 2006 terror plot involving liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.
DVEg TIL A nurse was in vegetative state for 42 years after sexual assault while the perpetrator was out of prison in 14 years. She recently died.
W57d TIL the Zoot Suit is still illegal in Los Angeles