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TIL there's a noodle factory in Indonesia that still uses a bull to mill its flour and make the dough

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RdAQ TIL of Albert Battel, a German officer serving in the Wehrmacht during WWII, who commanded his whole unit to protect Jews and threatened the SS to kill them if they crossed a bridge into a Jewish ghetto to round them up.
gM7Ny TIL of the USS Yorktown. A US navy ship that was left "dead in the water" after a member of the crew accidentally tried to divide by 0 on it's computers. This caused many of the ship's computer systems to crash, including propulsion resulting in it needing towing back to port.
GAkQJ TIL that an American English speaker will learn a word every two days, on average, between the ages of 20 and 60
rZ7e TIL the 1980’s song “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” is widely misinterpreted as a positive outlook on the future. Writer Pat MacDonald explained the song is actually about a grim outlook, even hinting that the “bright future” was in fact due to an impending nuclear holocaust.
9RPB TIL that John Tyler, 10th President of the United States, was actually elected by Virginians to the Confederate Congress. When he died he became the only President to be buried under the flag of a foreign nation.