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TIL that the town of Anadyr 1 was a secret Soviet nuclear base

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j6y4v Today I learned the holes in Swiss cheese come from a specific bacteria called Propionibacterium freudenrichii subspecies shermanii, which converts milk into carbon dioxide at the warm temperature of 70°F; when the cheese cools, the air bubbles are left behind
kMJ7 TIL The Defense Department spent an estimated $100 million for airline tickets that were not used over a six-year period and failed to seek refunds even though the tickets were reimbursable
M7jr7 TIL that a man was shot in the head and didn’t notice for five years because he was too drunk. A Polish man living in Germany went to the doctor for a headache, only to discover he had a bullet lodged in his skull from a forgotten New Year’s Eve party.
8bLG TIL Dolphins seem to use toxic pufferfish to get high.
b8l9 TIL that the United States has more people of Norwegian descent than Norway.