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TIL that mothers are more likely to abuse their children.

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gMZL7 Today I learned the "Tanks" got their name because the British during WW1 were trying to keep the new weapons a secret and hid them in crates marked "tanks", telling people that they were just water tanks that were being delivered.
WOOL TIL a boy was scalped by a Sioux chief, Little Turtle, and lived to tell about it. His scalpless head was photographed 30 years later.
D1yYv TIL the US Army Signal Corp(USASC) successfully bounced radar signals off the moon in 1946, paving the way for future space communication
xVxWB TIL photoelectric smoke alarms are highly effective at detecting smoldering fires, provide adequate protection from flaming fires. Fire safety experts recommend installing a combination alarm, that either detect both heat and smoke or use both the ionization & photoelectric smoke sensing methods.
VBM5Q TIL about megaesophagus, a disorder in dogs that often necessitates them eating from a high chair.