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TIL about "General Average," a 19th century maritime law requiring all stakeholders (cargo owners, shippers, etc.) to share losses if part of a ship or cargo is sacrificed in an emergency to save the whole.

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69M4m TIL about the Rubens tube, also known as a flame tube, invented by German physicist Heinrich Rubens in 1905. A tube capped on both ends is filled with gas has 100 tiny flames that creates soundwave visualization
voNK TIL tired of having his album “Aqualung” called a “concept album”, Jethro Tull’s lead Ian Anderson composed the album “Thick as a Brick” with only one song called “Thick as a Brick”, with 42 minutes of duration
dMXd TIL I learned that the ‘zip’ in 'zip code’ stands for 'zone improvement plan’
8e61X TIL two mirrors facing each other don’t produce infinite reflections
p884e TIL that the notion of fermented horse urine being a type of wine in Kazakhstan is a misconception; however, they do drink fermented horse milk (kumys).