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N7XlM TIL that the Chinese use drones equipped with flame-throwers to fight trash stuck in power lines.
wLaa6 TIL of the TV Listing for the Wizard of Oz: "Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again."
pPQp TIL: A majority of people who’ve had a near-death-experience report sensations of detachment from the body, total serenity, warmth and the presence of a light. However a minority have reported panic, anguish, desperation, intense loneliness and the sensing of evil, malevolent forces
9Y45Q TIL Little Caesars' founder Mike Illitch's family received $340 million in taxpayer dollars from the City of Detroit to redevelop a 50-block neighborhood, but instead broke their promises, built 29 surface parking lots, and demolished or abandoned 27 historic buildings.
9YRvQ TIL that King Alfonso XIII of Spain was King immediately after being born, since his father Alfonso XII had died aged just 28, while the Queen was still pregnant.