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TIL that the UK has an underground aviation fuel pipeline dating back to WWII, allowing aviation fuel to be transported around the country without risking it on roads and railways

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69GOW TIL of the 1979 US "Tractorcade". Demanding policy changes, around 3,000 farmers brought their tractors to Washington D.C to create traffic and congestion. However, during the protest a blizzard struck, and the convoy became unexpected heroes shuttling hospital staff through the snow
rR7nx TIL Charles Waterton was a naturalist who preceded Darwin. He taught a Guyanese slave to practice taxidermy, who taught Charles Darwin. He is credited as the first man to bring the poison curare to Europe to be used as a veterinary anesthetic, and he liked to dress as a scarecrow and sit in trees.
epR9n TIL Absence Status Epilepticus is an epileptic condition in which convulsions do not occur and there is no postictal symptom. As a result, the person might remain unaware of the occurrence of the seizure.
69GoX TIL that Pluto was named by an 11 year old girl named Venetia Burney Phair
Bmad TIL you are required in Svalbard to carry a rifle when leaving a settlement, in order to fend off polar bears