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TIL: Muscles can only pull and cannot push.

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4vGN TIL that during the Kuwaiti Oil Fires of 1991, Hungarian troops made a fire extinguisher out of a pair of jet engines. Mounted on a tank.
Z8Y9G TIL during the 1992 L.A. riots, police officers asked the accompanying U.S. Marines to cover them while searching a house for a suspect that held his wife and children hostage. Mistaking the statement "cover them" for suppressive fire, the Marines promptly fired 200 rounds into the house.
Lkmrm TIL Electric Eels Can Remotely Control Their Prey’s Muscles
0BmN TIL that in pre Civil War South Carolina, U.S. congressmen were required to own at least 10 slaves to run for office.
dwV9 TIL that hacker Adrian Lamo was asked to demonstrate his abilities for an NBC news segment. He then proceeded to gain access to NBC’s internal network. NBC canceled the segment.