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TIL A cog is not a gear, but a single tooth on a gear. This makes the phrase "a cog in a machine" that much more demeaning.

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loA5G TIL It's believed that the plane crash that killed John Denver on Oct 12 1997 was due in part to him running out of fuel during flight, being unable to see his fuel gauge, and a design flaw in accessing his reserve fuel tank switch.
neBpG TIL that despite having a PHD in statistics, Carl Gugasian, the most prolific bank robber in American history AKA the Friday Bank Robber, chose a life of crime because he feared that he would never find a job due to spending 2 years in prison as a teenager for robbing a candy store.
R5V4 TIL that North Koreans who defect to South Korea get $10,000 to $28,000 “start up money.
PYGwO TIL that insider trading has only been illegal in Japan since 1988, and even today many Japanese don't understand why it's a crime since it was formerly regarded as common sense.
D16xr TIL there were only two baths to serve the more than 700 steerage passengers on board at any one time on the Titanic.