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TIL that fetuses can get the hiccups

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xewB TIL that mining corporate-hired “agents drove a heavily armored train through a tent colony at night, opening fire on women, men and children with a machine gun”(1912) to prevent unionization in the buildup to the 2nd largest insurrection in the US since the Civil War.
b9nNN TIL that just as America entered WWII, serial bomber George Metesky informed NYPD that, as a patriot of his country, he would make no bomb threats for the duration of the war. He stayed true to his word.
yVboV TIL of Veryovkina Cave. At 2,223 meters (7,257 ft) deep, it is the deepest-known cave on Earth. In 2021, the body of a "tourist" was found 1,100 metres (−3,600 ft) down
jg1Q TIL in 2011, in response to employees’ complaints about work-life balance and the expectations of answering after-hours email from home, Volkswagen agreed to implement a rule restricting company email functionality on the firm’s BlackBerry smartphones from 6:30pm-7:30am.
M8BK TIL The reason birds can fly at such high altitudes is because their respiratory system allows them to inhale and exhale at the same time, significantly increasing it’s efficiency.