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TIL People who have exposure to coal particles can contract 'Miners Lung' when the coal in the air is aspirated into the lungs

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oXJW TIL President Lincoln loved cats and once had them eat at the White House dining table during a formal dinner.
D1rEV TIL that Southern live oak was a secret weapon of the USS Constitution, one of America's first naval vessels, that was nicknamed "Old Ironsides" after so many cannonballs bounced off her hull because live oak wood is a super dense wood.
v1nOr TIL despite maximum speed of 200 mph and carrying over 10 billion passengers, there hasn't been a single recorded fatality from the Japanese Bullet Train
oBx6A TIL BMW holds the world record for longest (water assisted) drift at 232.5 miles in which they preformed mid-drift refueling five times breaking a second record for longest twin vehicle drift.
grvQ4 TIL Almost straight after deployment, Hubble’s optics were found to be flawed. The best solution was to build replacement instruments that fixed the flaw much the same way a pair of glasses correct the vision of a near-sighted person.