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TIL that macadam highways were invented by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam

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xMLD TIL the British army created a special force of “Facebook warriors,” skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare in the information age.
W7G6d TIL in 1991 a warehouse in Wisconsin holding over 4,000 tonnes of butter caught on fire. After five hours the melted butter flooded and formed a "butter river" that was 2-3 feet deep and as much as 5 feet deep in some places. The fire lasted for 8 days.
dD9K7 TIL rice is a seed
6EB1m TIL Radiotrophic fungi were discovered in 1991 growing inside and around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in an environment in which the radiation level was 500x higher than in the normal environment. The fungi converts gamma radiation into chemical energy for growth.
jN41n TIL Auld Lang Syne served as the national anthem of the Korean exile government and from 1945 to 1948, it was the melody of South Korea's national anthem.