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TIL the fax machine was invented before the telephone

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loxxK TIL that Chicago is called The Windy City, not because of how windy it is, but because it referred to the city's politicians as being "full of hot air"
Z8ge4 TIL that in 1968, the US army accidentally killed 6,000 sheep on ranch land north of its biological and chemical weapons testing facility known as the Dugway Proving Ground. The Skull Valley Sheep Kill - as it came to be known, was caused by the open air testing of a highly toxic nerve agent "VX".
WA4X TIL a 6 feet wide stream exists in England that all who swim in it are sucked to certain death.
oRJZ7 TIL There are 12 Common Wild Horse Breeds Around the World
D1d0e TIL - Peter Herceg (Tomich) sacrificed his life to save hundreds of lives on USS Utah by staying on board while it was sinking to prevent the explosion of the ship