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TIL some farmers have to hack their tractors to keep them running.

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jNAvN TIL when Japan occupied Korea, they built Shinto Shrines to enforce "Japanization" on Korea. One of these shrines (the national shrine) was Chōsen Shrine. When Japan surrendered, Korea demolished it and built a monument to An Jung-geun, the man who assassinated Japan's Prince, Itō Hirobumi.
j5jn TIL in 2002 (14 year old school drop out) William Kamkwamba built a solar powered water pump that, for the 1st time ever, supplied drinkable water to his village. Unable to afford school tuition, he taught himself to do this by reading library books.
4XRWN TIL about John Draper. He used the whistles found in Cap'n Crunch cereal boxes in the 1960's to bypass phone systems and place free long-distance calls as they played at 2600 Hzs—the perfect tone to commandeer a phone line. His work inspired the founders of Apple.
Bgr4L TIL Citric acid, which is widely used in the food and beverage industry is exclusively produced by fermentation with filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger.
MWp8 TIL I learned that Jack MacDonald (A 98 year old secret Philanthropist, war veteran and lawyer) Lived the life of a poor person and saved all his money to donate to charity after his death. He donated 188 million dollars to 3 Washington institutions after his death at age 98.