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TIL Bristol in the UK has a bus powered by human waste. It’s the No. 2.

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m74v TIL there are buttons designed to do nothing so people feel like they are in control of things around them. (re-post because the other link broke)
Ookb4 TIL: The US Navy uses a fuel for some torpedoes called Otto Fuel II. It is highly toxic and on the EPA's National Priorities List. If exposed you can have chest pain and tachycardia years later.
5ljp TIL that there was an attempt to assassinate George W. Bush on the morning on 9/11. His assassins were turned away because they didn’t have an appointment to meet with him.
Z8YvD TIL Newborns with a vitamin D deficiency have a 44 percent increased risk of being diagnosed with schizophrenia as adults compared to those with normal vitamin D levels. The developing foetus is totally reliant on the mother's vitamin D stores
WkPP4 TIL of the four recorded deaths by killer whales three of them were by the same killer whale named Tilikum.