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TIL Water towers aren't for storing water; putting the water higher up pressurizes it, making it easier to distribute.

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GYQwJ TIL that Tut Ankh Amun's tomb is the only tomb to date to be discovered intact and complete. All others were looted some time during the years. This is the unbroken seal to the tomb's door since it was closed 3,341 years ago
Z8pNa TIL- In 2015, a woman who lived in a house that straddled the NY/CT border lost half of her house because her mortgage provider did not pay the property taxes.
P1myG TIL that American Express was founded in 1850 as a shipping logistics company. Its first charge card wasn’t introduced until 108 years later.
8eRLV TIL one of the earliest and most iconic Nike shoe tread, the “waffle sole” was designed literally by its inventor, Bill Bowerman, pouring rubber into his wife’s Belgian waffle iron.
k98e TIL that ‘The Dr. Oz Show’ has been heavily criticized by the medical community and a study has found that 54% of health recommendations on the show were not medically supported.