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TIL that in the Soviet Union you would have to take your window wipers with you when you parked your car or they would be stolen due to a shortage of auto parts.

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j6NME TIL That Jamie Lee Curtis is a Baroness (styled The Right Honourable The Lady Haden-Guest).
yV8lv TIL all dogs have 3 eyelids
m1rLR TIL a study found that two 3000-year-old artifacts (a bracelet & a hollow decorative sphere) in the Treasure of Villena were forged from iron from a meteor that struck Earth a million years ago. Most of the 66 items in the treasure are made of gold & silver. The trove's origin remains a mystery.
rRAr0 TIL Suicide from overwork (Karojisatsu) and death from overwork (Karaoshi) are so prevalent in Japan that they have words for them.
WedA TIL that the Military at one time invented the M65 - The Recoiless Nuclear Rifle. It fired nuclear rockets.