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TIL: A horse has a maximum output of 15 hp

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7VAp TIL the 80’s had awesome realistic water guns
kJard TIL Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin wrote the Mission:Impossible theme for the 1960s TV series. The main rhythm is based on the Morse code for the letters M and I (--..) in a 5/4 time signature.
W7RGo TIL that constipation often comes down to a muscular movement change. Potassium deficiency (among other reasons) can cause the digestive system’s muscle contractions (peristalsis) to slowdown, food doesn’t progress along as usual and then…constipation.
J1rQB TIL Tony Kaye, director of American History X, despised the final cut so much that he spent $100,000 on ads criticizing Edward Norton and the producers. He also tried to have his name replaced with "Humpty Dumpty" and sued for $200 million when refused, effectively ending his Hollywood career.
vPD4j TIL During WWII, the US Army deployed the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops known as “The Ghost Army”, composed of artists, sound engineers & actors whose mission was to deceive German forces by creating fake military units using inflatable tanks, sound effects and dummy radio transmissions.