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TIL charging cords and gas stations will be obsolete by 2025?!?!?!

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7rj6r TIL that the only fatality in the 1914 wartime sinking of the HMS Audacious was a sailor on another ship 800 yards away who was killed by a flying chunk of armor when the fully evacuated Audacious exploded
XxQD TIL that solid iron cannonballs kept underwater for a long time can explode once they reach the surface- [gas bubbles are trapped underwater at enormous pressure- once at surface, pressure is no longer equalized from within and without- ergo explosion potential]
K5yE TIL that after the death of Swaziland’s King Sobhuza II in 1982, the reigning queen enforced a 75-day mourning period that only allowed commerce essential to the life of the nation. During this time, the queen outlawed sexual intercourse and those caught were punished by flogging.
ReL6 TIL that Andrew Jackson’s political opponents referred to him as jackass. He adopted the name and used it as his campaign symbol. It would eventually become the symbol of the entire Democratic Party
ANor7 TIL Foie Gras is produced by forcefully overfeeding ducks increasingly larger amounts, via tube and funnel attached to their esophagus, until their liver becomes enlarge 6-10 times its original size.