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TIL Napoleon was once attacked by a horde of bunnies during a hunting event: the tame rabbits were released all at once and charged him en masse, mistaking it for feeding time

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oRKdY TIL most of the people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 were girls/women aged 14-23. In addition, the doors were locked (preventing escape), a common practice of the time to reduce theft and breaks by workers. Many women people jumped out of the 8/9/10th floors
Oor9R TIL Oettinger Brewery does not advertise, uses company-owned trucks, & their brewing process is highly automated. This allows them to keep beer prices low whereby they were the best-selling beer in Germany from 2004-2011.
1PG7 TIL Fiat’s original car factory was designed so that each car would progress upwards story by story as it was assembled until it was finalized at the top, where it would be tested on a rooftop test track.
jN4kv TIL NASA scientists at JPL use repurposed gaming computers for exploring Mars. Their high performance graphics cards support special 3D imaging goggles for navigating on the red planet.
JYy4m TIL Half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population