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TIL What “would” means.

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R57B7 TIL that when natural gas producers have a surplus, they can pump it into massive underground salt caverns for storage, some 6,000 feet underground.
yQ5eM TIL of John Hinds. A doctor who would provide urgent care to crash victims in high-speed motorcycle events, racing through the track at similar speeds to those who crashed. He passed away in 2015 when he crashed in route to an accident.
VBVJG TIL Bill Walton and his brother Bruce are the only brothers to play in the Super Bowl and NBA Finals
Z8X4o TIL Theo Jansen has been creating strandbeesten, which are moving kinetic structures, sometimes wind-propelled, that resemble walking animals. All of his models are based on a system of triangles and connecting links which convert the rotation of an axle into a stepping motion of six or more legs.
nWoB7 TIL that a study in 1974, to test if leading questions can distort eyewitness testimony, indicated that indeed "the questions asked subsequent to an event can cause a reconstruction in one’s memory of that event."