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TIL that nuts and bolts weren't always standardised, but once were all individual.

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BgVPr TIL in 2024(today) steam boat willie got released to the public domain
9p1G TIL Salvador Dali created a painting titled “Hitler Masturbating.”
P1JEJ TIL about buzz pollination, or sonication—a technique in which certain bees use vibrations to remove and collect pollen from flowers.
Nb9b TIL that James Gordon Wolcott, age 15, brutally murdered his parents and sister in Georgetown, TX in 1967, but was found not guilty by reason of insanity. He is now a doctor of psychology and tenured professor at Millikin University in Illinois.
YplBA TIL that there is 'Inglewood Oil Field' in the middle of Los Angeles. It's 18th largest oil field in US and in production since 1924