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TIL Tetris is used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms

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BrYWr TIL of Laura Secord, a Canadian woman who walked 30 km (about 19 miles) to warm British troops about a planned attacked by US troops on Beaver Dams during the War of 1812. There is now a chocolate company named after her.
wog6W TIL that natural gas is actually odorless, and the smell we associate with it was invented in the 1970s by British engineer Peter Hansen. He was asked to create the "nastiest smell" possible so people could detect gas leaks.
vPan7 TIL that around 60,000 Australian soldiers and 3,900 New Zealand soldiers fought in the Vietnam war alongside the USA between 1962/64 -1972
b9BN TIL Brent McKenzie from Flight of the Conchords was an extra in LOTR Return of the King. Fans have since dubbed his character, Figwit.
jJ6j TIL that the people that created the Polio Vaccine did not patent it and instead donated it as a gift to humanity.