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TIL “percussive maintenance” is the term for banging and shaking something until it works

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D19gv TIL that yawning and stretching at the same time is called "pandiculation." It's apparently very important in waking up our nervous system.
Vb9m TIL Navy Chief Warrant Officer John Walker began spying for the Soviets in 1968 when he walked into the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., sold a top secret document for several thousand dollars, and negotiated an ongoing salary of $500 to $1,000 a week
a8wML TIL When Dexys Midnight Runners (Come on Eileen) broke up the lead singer quickly burned thru his money, got addicted, and wound up at the gov aid office. He was recognized and the other aid seekers broke out into a rendition of Come On Eileen, hoping he’d join in. He wasn't amused.
b6g77 TIL that in the early 20th Century, Chicken was considered a spring delicacy in the USA, raised seasonally by Farm Wives. Then during WWII, red meat was heavily rationed and Chicken Farming became industrialized. In 1930, average Americans ate 10 lbs of Chicken annually. Now we eat 64 lbs annually.
v1ne8 TIL Gabriele Falloppio, an Italian Catholic priest and anatomist born in 1562, was the first to describe a condom and advocate its use to prevent syphilis. In an early example of a clinical trial, Falloppio reported that from a sample of 1,100 condom users, none of them contracted syphilis