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TIL There are 33 million more men than Women in China

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e07k6 TIL that many fire departments, including the San Francisco FD, still prefer wooden ladders because they are non-conductors of electricity, the best natural insulator against heat, and only burn on the outside while the centre of wood remains solid and strong.
XEYZX TIL about the italian general Pietro Badoglio. He's responsible for the defeat of Caporetto in WWI; the use of mustard gas during the italian invasion of Ethiopia; the failed invasion of Greece, the "switch of side" and the triggering of the Italian Civil War during WWII.
e0ag TIL That Nicolas Cage convinced Johnny Depp to pursue acting while playing a game of Monopoly
EgKmo TIL there is a company in Las Vegas that hires private planes specifically for people to join the “Mile High Club”
5Xp9 TIL NASA is Building a Bi-Directional “Flying Wing” Aircraft. Can Fly Forwards or Sideways at Full Speed.