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TIL that fire extinguishers used to be color coded based on what was inside; today, each one has pictures on it that show what kinds of fires it can fight.

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Oo141 TIL that Joseph Guillotin, who proposed the idea of the guillotine as a less painful method of execution, was born prematurely because his mother was in distress after hearing the screams of a man being tortured to death.
wL8KW TIL of Tyke a circus elephant who after years of abuse, killed her trainer and injured her groomer. She bolted out of the arena and roamed the streets of Honolulu for about 30 mins before she was finally put down by police. Tyke became symbolic of circus tragedies and a symbol for animal rights.
69YvQ TIL Jimmy Carter's mother was in the Peace Corps at 68 years old
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