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TIL avalanche controllers at Sundance Ski Resort missed and blew up a house with a 105mm howitzer.

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VByp4 TIL that the lighthearted 2000s Nicktoon, Catscratch, was based on a dark & violent comic series for adults titled Gear, which is about a war between animal tribes who use giant robots to fight. Gear is almost nothing like Catscratch, except for having the same protagonists.
PJyn TIL The Z-series Spacesuits look a LOT like Buzz Lightyear
l7o55 TIL the term 'computer' used to mean humans who performed tedious, repetitive calculations by hand. Many of whom were women and some became the early programmers in a time when men refused to code because it was seen as "woman's work"
njaG TIL that chimps kill tortoises by thrusting a stick up the turtle’s ass. But they don’t eat them.
9YGgm TIL Peanut allergies can be prevented by introducing peanut-containing food to infants between 4-6 months old