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TIL NATO dropped noise-making "floppy magnets" on Soviet subs to make them easier to track

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7P4L TIL that in 2005, Jeanna Giese became the first human being to survive rabies
GYl81 TIL of Senator Birch Bayh, the only person since the Founding Fathers to have authored two Constitutional amendments.
oRN9o Today I learned that Toyota, car company, started in the apparel industry of making silk-weaving looms
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ANWOl TIL Carmel By The Sea, California prohibits wearing high heels over two inches in height and less than one square inch of bearing surface without first getting a permit from City Hall.