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TIL that the bubbles from boiling water make a coffee maker work (as opposed to a pump) and that most basic coffee makers have no moving parts.

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ONba TIL-James Coleman was a pioneer of Social Research his report to President Johnson predicted that education spending was not a predictor of success. It’s was the home environment that was the key factor
xZkB TIL that an 8-year old girl had the Grand Wizard of the KKK as a pen pal
4k6PJ TIL that despite no written rule banning elite women from playing football with a men's team, in 2004, Fifa stopped Mexican club Atlético Celaya from signing female player Maribel Dominguez, stating that “there must be a clear separation between men's and women's football.”
GYrX5 TIL that in the 90's a strip club manager nicknamed Tarzan orchestrated the sale of a Soviet submarine to a Colombian drug cartel
DyVD TIL that in 2008, Italy spent $65,000,000 to bail out the Parmesan cheese industry