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

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b9Gy4 TIL "Trepanning" surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled into the human skull
vZyj TIL that NASA asked Buzz Aldrin to refrain from quoting the Bible on the moon
r171 TIL when elected President of the United States, George Washington was the owner and operator the largest whiskey distillery in the country
xVaVk TIL Brazil has 49 prisons with no guards, where a system of self-rule among inmates has proved a striking success. These prisons "are cheaper to run, have lower rates of recidivism, and are designed to benefit the wider community."
pkBO TIL that in 1922, the New York Times reported that “several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda to catch masses of followers and keep them aroused”.