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TIL that the world's primary source of low-background steel (steel produced before nuclear detonations) is the sunken remains of the German High Seas Fleet, which was scuttled after WWI to prevent it being divided amongst the Allies.

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v1r4K TIL that the grippy texture on metal tools is called Knurling
loOgG TIL That during the English Civil war in 1649, a Loyalist officer Arthur Aston was beaten to death with his own wooden leg by Parliamentarian soldiers. They believed it held gold coins.
kao4 TIL that in 1856, William Palmer, as he stepped onto the gallows to be executed for murder, is said to have looked at the trapdoor and exclaimed, “Are you sure it’s safe?”
e0kE5 TIL in 2005, a strip club in Bloise, Idaho, managed to sidestep city laws banning total nudity in public by offering customers the chance to make drawings depicting its dancers. The law forbids full nudity in public unless the display has "serious artistic merit".
7rE0P TIL Spy in The Wild, A PBS Miniseries, Uses an Animatronic Spy Cam To Get Close Up Shots Of Animals