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TIL about the Cleveland Clinic X-ray fire of 1929, a tragedy that resulted in over 120 deaths

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epaDE TIL about a phenomenon called "delayed implantation" in grizzly bears. The embryo will start gestation only after the mama bear has gained enough weight to avoid death by starvation during hibernation.
dD4jE TIL about Swedish A-tractors, a loophole that allows restricted cars to be registered as tractors that can be driven at 16, and has created a whole sub-culture of car mods
pYngA TIL the Battle of Castle Itter, fought on May 5, 1945 near the end of WWII, saw the Americans and Germans join forces to combat the SS attacking the Itter Castle in Austria, known to have housed a number of high-profile French prisoners.
R7awa TIL for almost 20 years an organization called the Blind Babies Foundation has supported a Beeper Egg Hunt for Blind Children to participate
84JG TIL That the Rockefeller owned Standard Oil was declared a monopoly, forced to split into 33 companies in 1911 including Exxon and Mobil which then re-merged in 1999 into ExxonMobil the 8th largest company in the world.