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TIL that the reason why 1 horsepower seems so small compared to the actual power of a horse is that it factors in the time that horses need to rest.

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5Y4En TIL that due to a strong dislike towards mixing of science and politics, Einstein said were he a young man again, he'd choose to be a plumber or a peddler, to which many plumbing companies responded by making him the honorary plumber. Also, there are many Einstein Plumbing companies in the US now.
E1g7V TIL that a 2012 survey of 1,000 Americans found that 45% of them wished they could skip Christmas due to financial pressures
xReB TIL that at 73 years old, Ronald Reagan received a recruiting letter from the Marine Corps while he was President
ByvW TIL that in 2009, a search by German police for a woman whose DNA was linked to 40 crimes ended with the discovery that forensic swabs had been contaminated by a woman working in the factory that manufactured them
pEAp TIL that if you have 1 Jewish grandparent you can apply for Israeli citizenship. The same criteria was used by Nazi Germany to determine who was Jewish.