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TIL that hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs.

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VklZ TIL that in 1896 Auburn ROTC cadets greased the skids of a railway track before a football game. The train with the incoming team couldn’t stop and slid halfway to the next town, forcing them to walk 5 miles to the game possibly contributing to their 45-0 loss.
69BPm TIL that in 2019 Toyota released nearly 24,000 of their patents for royalty-free use, including patents for their modern electric and hybrid vehicle technology.
LZer TIL “Hell is other people,” is a quote from a play called ‘No Exit.’ It actually means that we see what we hate about ourselves in other people and judge ourselves by their reactions. So when you say it, you’re more or less saying, man I’m really an awful person.
5YJdD TIL that there are ancient windmills over 1000 years old still in operating condition in Iran. They served to protect the village from damaging winds and processing grains.
pOnQ TIL a passenger at Heathrow was forced to change out of his Transformers Tshirt to board a flight because it depicted a gun