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TIL a renewable syngas fuel called wood gas was used during World War II in Sweden, France, and Denmark to power certain vehicles during fossil fuel shortages.

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mxpy TIL that every president ever assassinated has tried to either put U.S. Dollar notes into circulation or end the private banking systems in the U.S.
LkdKv TIL Disney was planning to buy Twitter but then decided to cancel the deal because of the “nastiness” on the social media platform.
BrN4k TIL Confucius's real name was just "Kung" or "Kong." Confucius is a latinization of "Kong Fuzi," which really means "Grand Master Kong"
Lkg0P TIL that during the Winter War, the Soviet Union bombed Finland, afterwards claiming they were dropping food to the "starving people of Helsinki" - the Finnish dubbed the bombs "Molotov bread baskets", and in return, called their own firebombs "Molotov cocktails", as "a drink to go with the food."
EgbPX TIL about the 'sexy hand-axe’ theory in evolutionary psychology. This proposes that elegantly-made symmetrical stone hand-axes, which characterise the Acheulean Period of human development, were used as a status-signalling device to attract women.