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TIL That a small cloud (1 Cubic Kilometer) weighs about 1.1 million lbs!

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kexm TIL that the Brits selling Rolls-Royce jet engines to the Soviets after WW2 (for non-military purposes) played a decisive role in giving the Communists the upper hand in the Korean War’s air battles. In Stalin’s own words: ‘Who in their right mind would sell anything like this to us?’
vllj TIL mules and donkeys kill most predators, and are used to protect livestock
Bg1wd TIL James Marsters worked outside of his contracts to voice Zamasu in Dragon Ball Super entirely for free. He did so to redeem himself to the DB community, having previously played King Piccolo in the critically-panned Dragon Ball Evolution.
0wlkv TIL the Island of Sri Lanka/Ceylon only became an island in 1480, when the narrow landbridge connecting the peninsula to the Indian Subcontinent was destroyed by a massive cyclone after years of gradual erosion.
kOJBe TIL Ted Nugent wrote the song Jailbait with lyrics, "I don't care if you're just thirteen," and "Wait a minute officer, Don't put those handcuffs on me, Put them on her and I'll share her with you."