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TIL in 1898 Nikola Tesla experimented a small steam-powered mechanical oscillator that could produce earthquake-like effects

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ldyN TIL our closest animal relative, the Bonobo, is a bisexual species where 60% of sexual encounters are threesomes
VGk0 TIL that when Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004, he bragged about people trusting his site with personal information. He called the users “dumb fucks” for trusting him.
VM75m TIL of Marty Irby who spoke out against soring TN Walking Horses: caustic stuff & weights are put on legs; a horse throws its leg in the air reacting to the pain which trains the horse for The Big Lick high-stepping. Irby got death threats & even his wife left him for taking a stance against soring.
pgwb TIL that at the time of its release, True Lies (1994) was the most expensive film ever made, as the first film to have over a $100 million production budget
PY9ke TIL of Robert Landsberg, a photographer who died documenting the massive 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens. Realizing he was too close to get away safely, he continued to shoot footage until he was killed. His body was found buried beneath ash, protecting his camera film.