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TIL if you ever need to use explosives to dispose of a horse carcass, the U.S. Forest Service has published just such a guide.

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dln9 TIL that after instituting blind auditions, taking careful measures to avoid knowing anything about the applicants other than their musical ability, the top five orchestras in the US tripled the number of female musicians they hired.
o1Go TIL that for the release of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, 9,000 FedEx trucks and 100 airplanes were used with no purpose than to deliver the book.
L7Ap TIL of the “2suit”, which is a suit designed for sex in space or other weightless environments.
xV1po TIL that in the early 1990s, DJs Opie and Anthony promoted a giveaway of “100 Grand” over several weeks on their radio show in Boston. When the winner was finally chosen, they revealed that the prize was a 100 Grand candy bar and not $100,000.
ZknR TIL that Ada Lovelace, a female English mathematician and writer, wrote an algorithm in the mid 1800s designed to be carried out by a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer.