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TIL There are 33 million more men than Women in China
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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.
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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.
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TIL That Nicolas Cage convinced Johnny Depp to pursue acting while playing a game of Monopoly
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TIL there is a company in Las Vegas that hires private planes specifically for people to join the “Mile High Club”
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TIL NASA is Building a Bi-Directional “Flying Wing” Aircraft. Can Fly Forwards or Sideways at Full Speed.