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TIL that Thomas Jefferson once met Mozart to commission a piece for his wife. However, he was put off by Mozart's personality, and ended up not going ahead with the idea.

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OA14 TIL bacteria that eats and survives on electricity alone , was found in the ocean floor.
woOJ7 TIL: In 1947, after the Italian bomber corps was disbanded post-WWII, some planes of ambiguous purpose were transferred, pending status clarity, to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the sovereign successors of the Knights Hospitaller of Crusader fame. The planes were later returned to Italy.
b9yka TIL Ryan Newman lead a campaign that may have just saved his own life. Newman crashed badly at the Daytona 500 back in 2003 prompting him to push for a reinforced bar across the windshield. In 2009 it became a regulation in NASCAR commonly referred to as the “Newman bar”.
VBk1Q TIL if you happen across a sheep on its back with its legs in the air, it needs your help! (otherwise it will die)
QJy5M TIL Sea Otters have the densest hair in the world, with up to 140,000 hairs per square centimeter. Humans have about 300/cm² on their head.