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TIL That Blowing into an NES cartridge Did Absolutely Nothing

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p0QG TIL during the American Revolution, many untrained American soldiers used bayonets to cook meat over fires rather than using them for close combat. After receiving bayonet combat training from a Prussian general, the American Army was able to win an entire battle without firing a shot
R7N99 TIL Andromeda is 6x bigger in the sky than the moon, and it's just too dim to see with the naked eye
gw1y TIL Jack Kevorkian spoke English, German, and Japanese. He created a series of oil paintings, released a jazz album of his own compositions, ran for congress, was a Pathologist, a convicted murderer, a published author, and a college lecturer.
lomyr TIL the modern doctors aren't required to take Hippocratic oath and can use modernized version or Declaration of Geneva or Oath of Maimonides
6E4yZ TIL only one pre-9/11 tenant has returned to work at the new One World Trade Center: Greg Carafello. His company was located on the 18th floor of the South Tower and his current offices are on the 85th floor of 1WTC.