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TIL: Electric water heaters have 2 heating elements inside

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Ayln TIL King Mithradates of Pontus had a flock of ducks who consumed poisonous plants and didn’t die (thus making them useful for creating antidotes); however their blood, meat, and eggs could kill you if you ingested them
0wVRp TIL Norway had the biggest merchant fleet during WW2 with over 1000 ships, and shipped 40% of the fuel to the allies during WW2. The British PM Winston Churchill and the US President Franklin Roosevelt stated that “Nortraship is worth more for the Allied cause than a million soldiers on the ground”
OA84 TIL of the Hospital Broadcasting Association, which takes song requests from hospital patients. Their list of banned songs include Stairway To Heaven, The Final Countdown and I Want To Live.
xnAb TIL of Roy Sullivan, a man who was struck by lightning seven times. He started to believe that he attracted lightning, and sometimes even reported seeing clouds following him. He eventually shot himself in the head at age 71.
oQYA TIL Dogs can sense Earth’s magnetic field, and will attempt to align themselves facing north when they poop in an unfamiliar place. This is why they often spin before they defecate.