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TIL that up until at least 2001, cattle that died in the Austrian Alps was blown up rather than hauled away via helicopter

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GAvj7 TIL coffee beans are actually seeds from a fruit called the 'Coffee Cherry'.
l7pKa TIL that the Russian Soyuz rocket, which has been in service since 1963 and has a success rate of 98%, begins its ignition process by firing wooden sticks inside the combustion chamber. While not quite as simple, it's essentially huge wooden matches and it's extremely reliable.
xB71 TIL The aerodynamics of the McLaren P1 create more downforce than the weight of the car itself. The rear wing also retracts past 150mph to prevent the downforce from breaking the suspension.
Blmr TIL: During the Deepwater horizon crisis, two Dutch competitors, owned cleanup technologies that were superior to anything owned by the U.S. However, the Jones Act, required that all goods transported between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships, constructed, owned and crewed by U.S. citizens.
jLJE TIL that during the Atlantic slave trade era, Brazil imported more slaves than any other country, and that Brazil was the last country in the Western world to abolish slavery.