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TIL that In 1842, experiments we're conducted to determine the windspeed needed to pluck a chicken for tornado research

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WJ9d TIL that Ancient Egyptians believed the universe was formed by the god Atum masturbating, and that the flow of the Nile was controlled by the frequency of which Atum masturbated.
p8db4 TIL an elementary school's obscenity filter changed every reference to the word "tit" to "breast," so when a child typed "U.S. Constitution" into the school computer, it changed it to "Consbreastution"
DpEJ TIL there is a punctuation mark for sarcasm. Sarc mark!
j6kEE TIL big cats are fascinated by the smell of perfumes containing civetone, most notably Obsession by Calvin Klein. This fact allows researchers to lure big cats into the view of wildlife cameras for research purposes.
MeP6b TIL on Kinmen (a small group of islands off the coast of mainland China controlled by Taiwan) knives are made from spent artillery shells. "Kinmen knives" were originally made from Allied artillery during WWII; blacksmiths now use shells fired from mainland China during the 1950s-1970s.