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TIL that on average at peak production, one horse can output 14.9 horsepower.

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PbZg TIL that in Soviet Russia, due to strict censorship of music, there was a black market for Beatles records that had been etched onto used x-ray film. Some would sell for an entire month’s salary. The records earned the name “music on the bones.”
O9B4 TIL “Go eat toffee” is a common insult in South Korea, because Korean toffees are shaped like dicks
m15Zp TIL there is a very small (9-inch-tall) aluminum pyramid on the very top of the Washington Monument, because at the time it was completed, aluminum was considered more precious than gold or silver
4XdyJ TIL During WWII, the only US land operation to take place on the Japanese home islands was performed by a submarine (U.S.S Barb). Crew from the sub went onto to the island and placed explosives on some tracks, which ended up sending a train into the ocean. The barb is the only sub to sink a train.
pYa54 TIL that approximately 70% of the world’s vegetarians live in India.