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TIL that “percussive maintenance” is the term for hitting something until it works

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nmVP TIL during Delta Force hostage rescue training, the operators sometimes use live ammunition and the “hostages” are other Delta team members, in order to build trust and confidence among the team.
yxEM TIL a black hole 12 billion light years away holds at least 140 trillion times the water in all of Earth’s oceans combined, making it the largest known reservoir of water
loRrr TIL Shirley Temple's first acting job was in series of short film called Baby Burlesks, and in one of them she played an elite prostitute sent to influence a backwoods politician. She was 4-5 years old.
aOGo TIL the three mile limit for international waters was created as this was the maximum distance a cannon ball could travel from the shore.
OodJa TIL 'The Spy Who Shagged Me' in the Austin Powers series is an Academy Award nominated film (for best makeup). It also won a Grammy for Madonna's 1999 song 'Beautiful Stranger' (for best song written for a motion picture, TV or other visual media).