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69Pym TIL the Westinghouse Electric Corporation built the first industrial Van de Graaff generator. It was called the Atom Smasher, and looked like a light bulb. It was instrumental in the development of practical nuclear science.
YJEZ TIL “A woman’s sex drive begins to plummet once she is in a secure relationship”
4kXrb TIL about “teaser” stallions whose job it is to tell if a mare is ready for mating. He never gets to do the actual mating - the valuable stallion does. Kind owners sometimes give him a “consolation mare” to mate so he doesn't get sexually frustrated with his job.
nWxOd TIL: Rhode Island is not an island. It's a state of the US. But there is a Rhode Island island within Rhode Island state, also called Aquidneck Island.
8a5mb TIL that vegetable oil can be used to power cars with a diesel engine.