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TIL that the electric car FOMM ONE is designed to float on water in the event of floods and tsunamis.

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awKDA TIL the main reason the Parthenon is in such disrepair is because it exploded. The monument had been in relatively good condition for millennia, however it was used as a gunpowder magazine during the 1687 siege of Athens and was destroyed after taking a direct hit from a Venetian shell
VBkb4 TIL The Immaculate Conception is a separate concept from the Virgin Birth. It refers to the Catholic (and some others) belief that Mary was conceived without Original Sin and therefore was pure enough to receive the Son of God. The concept is often rejected by Protestants as non-scriptural.
oGXY TIL The term Young Turk is slang for a rebellious youth who acts contrary to what is deemed normal by society
MDgm TIL neuroscientist James Fallon discovered he was a psychopath while studying brain scans to search for patterns that correlated with psychopathic behavior.
VBAV0 TIL that a bird(penguin) can go to greater depths in the ocean than most fish