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TIL Filipinas can drive safer due to Tesla

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aed0 TIL that in medieval times it was common to have “2” sleeps per night. You would fall asleep for 4 to 5 hours, wake up for 2 hours or so and fall back to sleep for another 3 to 4. It’s been suggested that we may have evolved this way to tend to the fire in order to keep us warm and safe.
xmNb TIL that the first people to discover magnetic rocks were the Chinese. They called them “the loving stones” because the stones love metal the way parents love children
n01d TIL that groomsmen (specifically bridegroom-men) were originally at weddings to protect the bride from being kidnapped by another suitor
wAPo TIL A Luftwaffe pilot escorted a damaged American B17 safely out of Germany during WW2
yQyaJ TIL that Finnish Lauri Törni was angry after the Soviet union defeated Finland in the winter war. he dedicated his life to fighting soviets, taking every opportunity to kill them, fighting for Finland, Nazi Germany, and the United States.