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TIL During WWII, the company Steinway introduced a piano model specifically designed to be deployed via airdrop

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4J8X TIL after WW2 was over, everyone got freed from the concentration camps at the end of the war…except the gay people, many of which were forced to remain in imprisonment for their “crimes” and were not acknowledged as victims of Nazi persecution.
KYrX4 TIL On July 21 1904, a Frenchman named Louis Rigolly was the first man to drive a car at over 100 miles per hour
xVaQ5 TIL that eyewitness misidentification is the greatest contributing factor to wrongful convictions proven by DNA testing, playing a role in more than 70% of convictions overturned through DNA testing nationwide.
GAkm4 TIL in Swahili time the day starts at 6 am. Due to being on the equator, Swahili speakers have nearly perfect 12-hour days & nights. The clock starts with a 12 on bottom and then counts the hours after sunrise. 1:00 Swa = 7:00 standard. 6:00 Swa = Noon standard. The hour hand follows the sun’s path.
yQ9xp TIL Summer on Uranus lasts for 47 years, and so does winter.