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TIL in 2011 a marine called customer support during a firefight because his M107 rifle failed and got it back working

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NXgj8 TIL that there's a cafe in Tokyo called Dawn ver.β which hires paralyzed/limited mobility people to operate robot servers remotely so that they can still earn
PYQMO TIL the birth rate in the U.S. in 2018 fell to the lowest level in 32 years. For perspective, this was lower than in the years after the Great Depression.
v4ED TIL A woman set up a group called “I Need Sex” on facebook which attracted 100 men, 50 of whom she slept with.
8ajA8 TIL that the Ginkgo Tree is unique, not obviously related to any living plant; a “living fossil,”unchanged in 200 million years.
ADdd7 TIL 2000 US Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling champ Rulon Gardner lost a toe due to frostbite after a snowmobile accident. The toe is kept in a bottle of formaldehyde. In his fridge.