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TIL Women are faster than men in 'ultra' long distance races of over 195 miles

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WDZN TIL that Verizon have developed a knife that utilizes air pressure to slice through lawns so that engineers can lay fibre optic cables without causing any unwanted damage. The tool is able to cut through the grass, but does not break sprinkler pipes and gas lines.
Wkwko TIL in Spain, a thief found child pornography on some tapes he had stolen from a 64-year-old football coach, among other electrical goods. He left the incriminating tapes in an envelope for the police to find, notifying them of where he had burgled them from, leading to the coach being arrested.
OG0EL TIL Duplex stainless steel can undergo 475°C embrittlement that causes a loss of plasticity when it is heated between 250°C and 550°C.
e0VO4 TIL The Louvre had to put up signs asking Chinese tourists not to poop on the grounds.
kJwRe TIL during Zhu Di's rebellion against the Ming dynasty, as he was besieging Jinan and bombarding the city with cannons, the defenders put plaques with the name of Zhu Yuanzhang (Zhu Di's father and the Ming dynasty's first emperor) written on them on the walls, forcing Zhu Di to stop the siege.