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TIL Tesla cars use up to 8000 very small batteries to power their cars. The same batteries used in Vape Mods.

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R5M5w TIL that states required blood tests to get married until 1980, the latest being Montana in 2019. These blood tests originally checked for syphilis when it was a crisis and transitioned to checking for STDs.
R7951 TIL in 2008 Foo Fighters held a Charity concert for the HIV-denialist group "Alive&Well". In private footage Grohl is seen with founder of the organization Christine Maggiore and Shiflett speaking in support of the Organization. Maggiore died in 2008 of suspected AIDS-related pneumonia.
5Y1wR TIL of German academic fencing duels fought with sharp swords standing against each other at arm's length, with evading a hit against the rules, duels paused only for stitching together the participants faces when hit.
6ElvX TIL refrigerators deliberately heat parts of themselves to avoid condensation.
VBA9Q TIL that the Devil May Cry series began its life as the first developmental build of Resident Evil 4