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TIL fire hydrants are color coded to indicate the water flow in gallons per minute

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p8wA8 TIL German longjumper "Luz" Long gave Jesse Owens advice allowing him to win gold at 1936 Berlin Olympics. Long won silver. During the war, Long asked Jesse to tell his son "what times were like when we were not at war... how things can be between men on this earth", before being killed in 1943.
pxK4 TIL Microwaving food does not diminish the nutrients. When done right, it’s actually one of the most nutritionally sound methods in food preparation.
GDZj TIL Twitter owns the patent to the “pull to refresh” feature common on so many applications, but has vowed not to sue other companies that use the gesture, as part of a broader intellectual property detente.
1ajvP TIL In an ant colony, there are ant 'Undertakers' whose job is to remove dead ants from the nest and take them to a trash pile.
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