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TIL that Mary Anderson invented the first operational windshield wiper but never profited from the invention as her patent expired before it became widely used in the auto industry

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VMGe4 TIL "the cone of shame" for pets is technically called an "elizabethan collar"
xVyL7 TIL Engineers figured out how to build a nuclear-powered plane without hurting the crew, but it failed cost/benefit analysis and was cancelled
awxR9 TIL Snakes have infrared vision, allowing them to see prey in the dark.
v1VRL TIL the first Asian Americans to fight on behalf of the US were Filipinos, referred to by General Andrew Jackson as "Manilamen" during the War of 1812. They were from a small fishing town called Saint Malo in Louisiana, which is also the first Filipino Settlement in the US.
wLNAW TIL about 'Umarells', a term used in Italy used to describe old men, who watch over construction sites with their hands behind their backs, offering unwanted advice.