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VBMQB TIL that much of what we know about narcolepsy comes from studies of Dachshunds, who can experience narcoleptic fits due to the excitement of receiving yummy tinned food
69owl Today I learned that during the Paria delta p incident that did happen on February 2022, the five commercial divers were sucked into the 30’’ pipeline at a mean velocity of about 3,3 m/s (10.8 ft/s) and stopped sliding when they were at about 200 m (656 ft) from the riser elbow.
xeng TIL The vibrator was the fifth domestic product to be electrified and became so a decade before the vacuum and Iron
W1N8 TIL that Sandy Springs, a suburb of Atlanta, has entirely outsourced its government to a private company (CH2M) because being a wealthier area they didn’t want their tax dollars supporting less affluent neighborhoods
bGAp TIL in 1906 the Bronx Zoo exhibited a Congolese pygmy man named Ota Benga in its Monkey House where he slept in a hammock and shot a bow and arrow at a target. Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of his suicide.