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TIL Ted Nugent pissed and shitted his own pants to avoid the draft.

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EgxGP TIL that during the 1976 British drought, standpipes were installed on streets of many districts which dispensed water. Each standpipe became a watering hole for 20 households when mains water supply was cut off. During this time, the slogan “Save Water, Bath with a Friend” became very popular.
Jod4 TIL there are more nuclear reactors powering ships (mostly military) than there are generating electric power in commercial power plants worldwide.
Ae9n TIL George Washinton’s adopted son was the father-in-law of Confederate General Robert E. Lee
VMp7Z TIL that Adolphe Sax (Inventor of the saxophone) survived a three story fall, a gunpowder explosion, drinking a bowl of sulfuric water, a near-poisoning due to furniture varnish, and falling into a speeding river - all before the age of nine. His neighbors called him "Little Sax, the ghost"
vomr TIL there are prime numbers that are illegal to possess or distribute. One of the first ones, found in 2001, was used to bypass copyright protection on DVDs.