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TIL The rumors about Tesla using Colbalt from child labor is false. They use no Colbalt since 2018, and the least of any lithium battery manufacturer.

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XQeQ TIL a homing pigeon called Cher Ami that saved the lives of 194 soldiers during WW1 by transporting a message. The pigeon was shot through the chest, blinded in one eye and had its leg hanging by a tendon upon arriving with the message.
e0xG6 TIL about Ferdinand Cheval, a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building his own palace using stones he collected on his daily mail trips. Although he wanted to be buried in it, the French Government refused, and he spent another 8 years building a mausoleum to complement it.
wnv6 TIL The State of Wyoming has only 2 escalators
RZE6 TIL of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, who, during a 6 hour spacewalk on the ISS, nearly became the first man to drown in space when his helmet began to inexplicably fill with water.
6ELJQ TIL about Michel Lotito who ate an entire airplane.