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TIL the USAF has fire suppression systems in hangars that can cover the floor with 20+ feet of fire-retardant foam

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j6PQM TIL Driving for long periods of time or being stuck in traffic with your foot pressed on the brake pedal of your car can cause "driver's foot" condition
DO5D TIL nobody knows if frogs sleep. They also do not drink through their mouths, and swallow by pushing food down their throat using their eyeballs.
9nYM TIL Scientists from South Africa discovered a formula that calculates how likely a frog is to eat another frog. “For every one millimeter increase in body size, a frog is 2.8 percent more likely to eat other frogs.”
MepGK TIL that drivers with any type of bumper sticker, window decal, or personalized license plate are more likely to be aggressive and territorial
QJDY6 TIL that the terms "upper case" and "lower case" originated from the common layouts of drawers, called cases, used to hold movable type for letterpress printing. Capitol (or majuscule) letters were stored in the upper case; smaller (or minuscule) letters, in the lower case.