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TIL that Tesla vehicles have a "biodefense" mode that is helping people during wildfires.

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LMKQ TIL that the name of the ‘Kamehameha’ move from Dragonball has a double meaning: it was the name of the first king of Hawaii, and also means 'Turtle Destruction Wave’ in Japanese.
lobLG TIL the director of the film version of MAS*H wanted the "stupidest song ever written", named "Suicide Is Painless", for the film. His 14-year-old son wrote it in five minutes and made over a million dollars in royalties.
aY5M TIL that the original Game Boy ran at 60 frames per second (59.7 fps exactly).
4kdmX TIL of Frank Hayes, a trainer and stableman never winning a race before . Riding a horse at 20:1 he is the only known jockey to have died mid race, remaining on the horse and still winning.
epNkJ TIL about a fabled school for black magic in Romania called The Scholomance. One famous attendee was Count Dracula.