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TIL: An individual horse has a peak power output of 14.9 horsepower

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NPm1 TIL that during an olympic gold hockey game involving Canada, so many people viewed it on tv that there were massive fluctuations in water pressure during the time between periods from people using the bathroom simultaneously
Z8y9B TIL that when the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the moon in 1969, they left behind a white pouch containing a silicon disc slightly bigger than a silver dollar. Inscribed in microscopic font on the disc are 73 messages, each from a different country, expressing wishes of goodwill and peace.
kMG7 TIL Winston Churchill, whilst visiting the USA during the height of prohibition, got a doctor’s note prescribing him “unlimited alcohol” constituting a suggested minimum of 6 shots with dinner.
Wkd88 TIL that no new chemical element was discovered in an US laboratory since Seaborgium (Z=106) in 1974; Livermorium (Z=116) and Tennessine (Z=117) are named after American toponyms, but they were actually discovered in Dubna, Russia
D17Rr TIL selfie sticks are banned from all Disney theme parks, due to them causing “health and safety risks