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TIL the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte was approved by Hitler to be the largest tank ever built, it would have weighed over 1000 tonnes and would have destroyed bridges due to it's weight alone

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d8D68 TIL of Jean Meslier, who was a French Catholic priest, who was discovered, upon his death, to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism. From Meslier, Diderot is said to have derived the quote "And with the guts of the last priest let's strangle the neck of the last king".
kKYe TIL menstrual stem cells (found in period blood) could be used to create more tissue types than other adult stem cells, including bone, blood vessel, fat, brain, lung, liver, pancreas, & heart. They grow more readily & rapidly than other types of adult stem cells from bone marrow & umbilical cords.
9Yw6Q TIL that New York City has added over 300,000 new residents since 2010, yet only 50,000 housing units have been approved
R5nDl TIL: Bank of America was originally called Bank of Italy
XEgED TIL about how we test toxic chemicals without using animals: instead, we use data mining software to mathematically predict toxic effects based on the molecule's structure.