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dDaX9 TIL that the first patent for the invention of the fire hydrant was destroyed in a fire.
69NQJ TIL: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade 2021 used about 400,000 cubic feet of helium.
JYGl8 TIL we don’t know who invented the iconic post-type fire hydrant because the patent office records were destroyed in a fire in 1836.