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TIL after reading newspaper accounts of a family dying after their refrigerator leaked toxic gas into their home, Albert Einstein and a student invented a refrigeration system with no moving parts. Now known as the Einstein Refrigerator, modern refinements may see it soon hit the market.

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M8RA TIL Australia have the kangaroo & emu on their coat of arms because both animals can not walk backwards. Thus presenting themselves as a forward moving nation.
VMxMZ TIL Underwater welding is a highly paid occupation that doesn’t require time, resources, or a university degree, but has the highest fatality rate of any job at 15%. Underwater welders face risks including decompression sickness, hypothermia, drowning, and electrocution.
ZpMMY TIL Willard Wigan, MBE sculpts microscopic artwork that fits in the eye of a needle. As he was finishing his Alice in Wonderland pieces, he accidentally inhaled Alice, losing weeks of delicate work. Fortunately, he likes the second Alice better.
0PbL TIL There’s a tarantula that has a frog guarding its eggs in exchange for protection.
QJ7Gd TIL during the US Civil War, Union Lt. Custer (of later Little Big Horn fame) found a West Point classmate Capt. Lea who was fighting for the Confederates and was captured. While recuperating, Lea met and married his nurse. Custer attended the wedding in full blue Union uniform, with Lea in gray.