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TIL that one time Britain took revenge on a huge fatberg blocking London's sewers by turning it into biodiesel. The 2017 fatberg weighed 130 tons and was over 250 meters (820 ft) long, consisting of fat, oil, grease, and trash like "flushable" wipes which hardened into a sewer blockage.

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ANo84 TIL that FDR was presented with a letter opener made out of a Japanese soldiers arm bone by Congressman Francis Walter. After several weeks he returned it and stated that he was unwilling to possess it, and suggested a burial for it
OQER TIL that the XXX on old and cartoon moonshine jugs indicates it was run through the still 3 times. (one for each)
PKwg TIL thaat the Ebola virus is named after a nearby river Ebola where the first victim was identified in 1976
1JQV TIL in 2003, Kirk Jones drunkenly swam over the Niagara Falls, earning himself a $2,300 fine and a lifetime ban from Canada.
nM6d TIL it would take 260,000,000,000 balloons to lift The Pentagon