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TIL that the diesel engine/fuel source are named after their inventor Rudolph Diesel. More than 95% of today’s ships run on petroleum products, fueling diesel engines which have been optimized for their specific purposes. They ship about 90% of global trade.

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BrM5b TIL Tesla is the leading car manufacturer in Norway and total of 32% of cars are electric in Norway.
oBvbW TIL as a child Jimi Hendrix, being left-handed, would secretly restring his guitars to fit his left hand, but when his superstitious father was around (who believed it was bad luck to play with your left hand), he taught himself to play the normal guitar upside down.
PDMV TIL that throughout the duration of HBO’s The Wire, police only fire their weapons three times. All three times it’s the same officer.
yQOZV TIL that originally, the classic banker's lamp had a green shade to lessen one's eyestrain due to early incandescent lights. The green eye visor commonly worn by accountants, telegraphers, and copy editors in the late-19th and mid-20th century were worn for similar reasons.
jNp6R TIL that men are much stronger than women in terms of hand-grip strength (90% of women in the study generated less hand-grip force than 95% of men for men and women aged 20-25)