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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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moLO TIL Ted Nugent dodged the draft by pooping in his pants for a week
xV4jo TIL that before there was a presumption in favor of mothers in (Anglo-American) child custody laws, there was a presumption in favor of fathers. This is because, under the law of the time, children were treated as the father's property/servants.
jE8M TIL that at the time of Steve Jobs’ death, Microsoft flew their flags at half-staff throughout their respective headquarters and campuses.
oRlkr TIL: That whilst shooting the music video for Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel lay under a sheet of glass for 16 hours while filming the video one frame at a time. "It took a lot of hard work", Gabriel recalled, "I was thinking at the time, if anyone wants to try and copy this video, good luck to them."
d4b8 TIL There is a gas cloud in space with enough alcohol in it to produce over 400 trillion pints of beer.