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TIL Kuwait donated $500 million in aid after Hurricane Katrina

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OG4Ve TIL that english scientist Henry Cavendish discovered physical laws like Ohm's, Dalton's, or Charles's law and few others as first but they were not named after him because he didn't publish his notes and didn't tell his fellow scientists, propably due to being asocial and shy
JlBm TIL The first vibrator was steam powered and was called the “Manipulator,” which was invented by American physician George Taylor, M.D. in 1869 because Doctors were complaining of wrist fatigue from giving “pelvic massages” to female patients who suffered from female Hysteria
od1K TIL There’s a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
p8OLb TIL one of the "Flags" in the "Six Flags" Theme Park is the Confederate Flag
6EVk8 TIL Nettflix uses pirate sites to determine what shows to buy.