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

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8a1GV TIL Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who played an important part in the Battle of Waterloo, and was instrumental in defeating Napoleon in 1814, suffered a mental breakdown during the war, lost his sight, and believed that a Frenchman had impregnated him with an elephant.
v1Wox TIL that the first human to receive chemotherapy for cancer treatment was baseball legend Babe Ruth.
5Y00B TIL a "Karen" is actually a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
p8dYA TIL an undercover investigation found that Apple charges $1200 for a computer repair that a local repair store was able to fix in 1 minute and charged $0 for.
RnNl TIL the NRA is considered the most powerful lobbying group in America, and the majority of it’s income is through Membership Dues, not corporate donations.