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TIL for whom the bell tolls does not mean that the dead cant hear the bells

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8eexG TIL in 1945 a Nazi U-boat was destroyed because of a malfunctioning toilet
4kOOJ TIL about Project West Ford, a Cold War project done by MIT on behalf of the US military. It was an attempt to create an artificial ionosphere around the Earth by launching millions of copper needles into orbit.
wLxQJ TIL that every Honda CR-V from 1997 to 2006 had a picnic table stowed underneath the rear seats.
KZPw TIL Koko, the gorilla who scientists have been teaching sign language, is very interested in nipples and routinely asks the human researchers around her to show her their nipples
V1AB TIL Chevalier d'Eon was French spy, diplomat, lady-in-waiting, swordsman and a soldier; it was only discovered after his death, in 1810, that he was a fully-formed man, not a woman.