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TIL firefighters in Tennessee let a house burn because the homeowners didn’t pay a “$75 fire subscription fee”

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KOnY4 TIL that an estimated 25% of young adults in the U.S. have a fear of the slight pain caused by needles called trypanophobia, and that it may lead 16% of young adults in the U.S. to skip getting medical injections.
ne9x9 TIL of Lydia Litvyak, The Jewish Soviet Fighter Ace. During WWII she claimed 14 kills, trained 45 pilots, and shot down an ace who wouldn't believe a woman beat him until she described the fight. She went missing on a flight Just before she was to receive the award "Hero of the Soviet Union"
J1OyV Today I learned, the origin of marbles is unknown.
BrjVe TIL For the movie Star Wars, the sound designer for the Stormtrooper's blasters came up with the sound of the blaster during a family backpacking trip. He hit the guy-wire of an AM radio transmitter tower with a hammer and recorded the sound with a microphone close to the impact.
RZyj TIL there is an indoor farm in japan that can produce 10,000 heads of lettuce in a day, while using 99% less water than an outdoor farm.