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TIL that a truck driver without a college degree has researched and published the most accurate account of the Hiroshima atomic bomb’s design

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OoNJa TIL Cats are not dogs! In Mild Disbelief
GY5OG TIL a snuffle mat is made from fabric strips tied to a rubber mat. The mats are meant to hide treats for your dog inside the curly fabric strips. Snuffle mats combine a scenting game with mental stimulation for dogs which have a sense of smell up to 100 million times a human.
xVlMo TIL: A survivor of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris sued French media after giving away his location, on live TV, during the shooting.
epp5D TIL that there was a brief mulberry tree bubble in the United States, in the hopes of producing silk domestically. Mulberry tree prices rose from $4 per 100 in 1834 to $30 per 100 in 1836, until blights and panic made the bubble burst by 1840.
ov5L TIL that an Oregon farmer successfully grew a tomacco plant that gave off fruit for 18 months.