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TIL Mel Gibson had no idea how to do a Scottish accent for Braveheart so he had dinner in Sean Connery's home and learned from the master

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14e7 TIL Nazi Germany produced Chlorine Trifluoride for use as a dual purpose incendiary and poison gas in WW2. ClF3 causes almost anything to spontaneously explode on contact, including wood, concrete, sand, gravel, glass, asbestos, water, and of course flesh.
R5Vyw TIL Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood. Two hearts pump blood to the gills, while the third circulates it throughout the body. Their blood is blue due to a copper-based molecule, efficient in cold, low-oxygen environments.
vPYKr TIL that there were two contemporary inquiries into the sinking of the Titanic (British and American). The British inquiry focused more on how the disaster had come about, while the American version was much more about who should be blamed.
ZpmPB TIL that in 2018 the Church of Latter Day Saints socially transitioned away from the name Mormon because it causes confusion about who they are and they find it offensive.
x7Mo TIL that there was a proposed initiative to divide California into six different states. If passed, it would have created a new richest state and a new poorest state, both being adjacent to one another.