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TIL That There Is A Nikola Tesla Statue Provides Free Wi-Fi to Silicon Valley

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R5l9l TIL that the myth of carrots improving your eyesight and helping you see in the dark was WWII propaganda
l7pAA TIL that four time World's Strongest Man winner Jón Páll Sigmarsson, who famously stated "There is no reason to be alive, if you can't do deadlift!" died at the age of 32 while deadlifting in his gym.
XE7or TIL the German village of Würchwitz erected a statue of a cheese mite to honor its role in making Würchwitz's special cheese, Milbenkäse. The cheese mites help make the cheese by excreting their digestive juices over the cheese.
epenL TIL : An Indian sub required 10 months of repair because someone left a hatch open.
Qeke TIL in 1981 a man named Roger Fischer had an idea for a volunteer to have ICBM launch codes put in their chest cavity. In the event of an emergency, the volunteer would carry a knife to be killed with. It was meant to force the personal killing of one man to start the impersonal killing of millions.