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TIL that the first ever Harley Davidson was built in 1903, and a tomato can was used as its carburetor.

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X09B8 Today I learned that 2013 aviation accident Mozambican airline LAM, on a flight from Maputo to Luanda, was caused by the pilot deliberately crashing the plane, resulting in the deaths of 30+ people. This led airlines to implement a policy preventing the copilot from ever being alone in the cockpit
GYGQj TIL: In the 1920s, fashion-designer Coco Chanel accidentally got sunburnt while visiting the French Riviera, she returned home with a sun tan. Because of Coco’s status and the longing for her lifestyle by other members of society, tanned skin became seen as fashionable, healthy, and luxurious.
4XnZg TIL pistol shrimp produce a snapping sound that is so loud, US submarines would hover above colonies of them because the sound kept them from being detected by Japanese sonar.
QVWE TIL Diogenes, an ancient Greek philosopher, would masturbate in public. When asked why he would respond, “If only it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing my belly.”
LkWOQ TIL that while apes can learn sign language and communicate using it, they have never attempted to learn new knowledge by asking questions to humans or other apes.