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TIL That all butane canisters are manufactured exclusively in South Korea. With the Exception of a single manufacturer in Houston Texas.

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neWJd TIL that banging your head against a wall burns 150 cal per hour
6ag8 TIL In 1987, a 19-year old West German named Matthias Rust landed a small plane in Red Square in Moscow. With a combination of luck and human error, he flew over 500 miles from Helsinki, evading the largest air defense system in the world. He told Soviet authorities he was on a peace mission.
OGlwa TIL about Edgardo Mortara a jewish boy who was secretly baptized by a catholic servant. After the church learned what happened he was removed from his family.
oRVXW TIL: Due to widespread unemployment and car ownership in the US in the 1910s, an Uber-like taxi service started called Jitney where individuals used their person cars to drive people to their destination for money
WkjGB TIL that the Karens are not just middle aged, nosy, soccer moms with bad haircuts. They are actually one of many ethnic groups that are subject to persecution and repression by the military junta in Burma.