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TIL: A horse has a maximum output of 15 hp

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J0bv TIL astronomer Johannes Kepler abandoned everything to defend his mother against claims of witchcraft–over a period of six years–saving her from sure execution at the stake.
xank TIL if our hearing was anymore sensitive than what it is now, we would be able to hear the background hiss of air molecules colliding.
4XeKR TIL Henry Ford introduced a $5 min wage. The move made national news as it constituted double the industry norm—and double the pay of most of Ford’s own employees. He also reduced the working day from 9 hours to 8 —becoming one of the first companies in America to adopt the 40-hour work week.
6EbwJ TIL Owls don't have eyeballs, they have eye tubes.
78NeO TIL As late as the 1950s and early 1960s, the terms funk and funky were considered indelicate and inappropriate for use in polite company.