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TIL that passenger jet engines produce most of their thrust from fan at the front, not from the jet exhaust, and that this is called a high-bypass engine.

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R7GG9 TIL that for the 2015 Chinese film "Wolf Totem", 35 Mongolian wolves were trained in China for over 4 years by a Scottish trainer, who trained them to sit, snarl, and fight on cue. After filming, the wolves were ultimately relocated to Canada, since they only understood commands in English
yQQnX TIL- we are all running Minix and we don't even know it
Db9J TIL a sound produced on Earth sounds very different if produced on Mars. The composition and pressure of the Martian atmosphere distort sounds to a lower pitch, and planetary.org has samples for you to hear.
Rjrw TIL that divers in the Dead Sea have to carry 90 pounds of weight to lower their buoyancy so they can descend
9bmG TIL Babies have an innate swimming reflex where they hold their breath and slow their heart rate in water until they are 6 months old.