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TIL those steel windmill-looking things that are commonly seen on farms are called "windpumps", and they use energy from the wind to pressurize and pump water for irrigation.

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7rodr TIL that Indiana's most notorious serial killer Belle Gunness was nearly exposed but she burned down her home and feigned death while successfully framing the only potential witness to her crimes for the murder of her and her children. He died a year later in prison. She was never seen again.
LnY0 TIL before the 1800s, people had “first” and “second sleep”. They would sleep 3-4 hours, wake up for 2-3 hours to do some type of activity, then go back to sleep until morning.
kJJod TIL that Napster issued a cease and desist order to the band The Offspring to stop them selling bootleg merchandise imprinted with the Napster logo
LMWr TIL 75% of fake drugs supplied world over have some origins in India, followed by 7% from Egypt and 6% from China
jNdDX TIL of Eva Kotchever, a Polish-Jewish lesbian émigré. Operating a lesbian tearoom in New York City, she ran afoul of the law and was deported. She died at Auschwitz.