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TIL that in 1846, William Armstrong invented the hydraulic crane, using pressurized water instead of steam. First used at Newcastle docks, it boosted efficiency and led to the hydraulic accumulator—tech that laid the groundwork for modern hydraulic systems.

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WZ8N TIL a teenage colonist girl was captured in 1755 by the Shawnee, given to the Seneca, fully assimilated into their culture, helped supply the Mohawks against the rebels in the American Revolution, helped negotiate for the Seneca after their defeat, and lived to the age of 90 with the Seneca Nation
VQRB TIL: That the odor you smell before it rains is ozone pulled from higher altitudes by the coming storm’s downdrafts.
78RLr TIL of Barry Prudom, who killed two police officers and used his SAS training to evade capture, beginning the then biggest manhunt in British history. Prudom was eventually killed after having been tracked by an SAS instructor.
wokxY TIL that tattooing is illegal in Cuba
rNew4 TIL that, about quantum physics, while Einstein thought something was missing in our knowledge, Bohr thought that our reality is a fantasy and the real truth is quantum weirdeness. Bohr meant that, on a large scale, certain quantum properties disappear (quantum decoherence).