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TIL Sperm whale oil was still a key component in automatic transmission fluid until 1972!

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OG4P1 TIL Post Malone & Swae Lee’s ‘Sunflower’ song from the 2018 animated movie “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” became the first ever single to be certified as double diamond or 20x platinum in the US. On top of that, Post Malone has also the most diamond certified singles in RIAA history.
gMRg7 TIL that if farmers don't properly dry the hay they're baling, the hay bales can spontaneously combust
k9Og TIL That 3D printing is a 30 year technology that has become popular these years only because the patents have expired or will expire soon.
mxDky TIL that a man in the UK grew tired of cold callers to his phone line, so he set up his own phone line as a premium rate number. When cold callers phoned him, he would be making money by keeping them talking.
gb0b TIL the beautiful Maldives is the lowest country in the world, with an average natural ground level of only 1.5 metres and will probably vanish from the globe this century.