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TIL the shape of a lawn mowers blade creates lift which forces the grass to stick up, making it much easier to be cut by the next blade

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e0Z16 TIL of Frank Bourne, the last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. At 22 he was the youngest Colour Sergeant in the British Army at the time. He ultimately reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and died aged 91 in 1945, on VE Day
99LX TIL that the movie Predator was inspired from a joke that was going around Hollywood that after Rocky 4, Stallone would have to fight Aliens as he had run out of all earthly opponents.
wKOo TIL - Native Americans regarded homosexuals with high respect
AjV4 TIL Elon Musk stated in an interview that he “wants to die on Mars, just not on impact.”
PYbRg TIL in 2014 the beard of the Golden Mask of Tutankhamun fell off as it was cleaned by Museum employees, trying to cover up their mistake they tried to glue it back on with quick-dry plastic glue, leaving it off-center. This was later noticed and the employees got charged with "reckless destruction".