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TIL of Abuwtiyuw, one of the oldest known named animals
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TIL between 1956 and 1972 Goodyear worked on an inflatable rescue plane for the US military. Despite being fully airworthy, the project was abandoned when the military didn't order such planes.
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TIL the human body has a lag between dehydration and thirst. This means that when you feel physically thirsty, you've already been dehydrated for a while.
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TIL that industrial beehives are built around the concept of "bee space," a specific gap width that bees will avoid plugging with comb or propolis (bee glue)
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TIL about the 'cyber seat', the world's first park bench with free internet. It was installed in the UK in 2001 by Microsoft. Within days, two teens had plugged their house phone into it, attempting to call Bill Gates to say 'we are calling you from your bench'. They managed to reach his secretary.
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TIL following the Volstead Act that began the Prohibition, crime rose by 24%, drug addiction by 44%, and federal expenditure on prisons rose by a staggering 1000%