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TIL of Thales (620-546BC), who is considered to be the first philosopher because the lineage cannot be traced beyond him. His magnus opus: “All is water”

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woV87 TIL - In 1948 the Mahindra car company struck a deal with Willy's Overland Corp., makers of the original WW2 MB 1/4 ton utility trucks, to make a model for the Indian market. This would eventually lead to the feud with Jeep-Stellantis over similar looking vehicles.
x6leg TIL: The Battle of Karansebes of 1788 was a friendly fire incident where the Austrian army got drunk with locals, and during a drunken fight, shots were fired, resulting in a panic that caused 150 deaths, 1200 wounds, 538 men went missing, and 3 cannons and a chest containing payroll was stolen.
5VxOQ TIL Sutton's law of medicine is to go with the obvious diagnosis first. The law is based on a supposed interview with bank robber Willie Sutton where he explained why he robbed banks by saying "because that's where the money is."
M7OA7 TIL that electricity flows around copper wires, not through them.
960Q TIL In North Korea’s version of basketball, a dunk counts as three, you get an extra point on a three pointer that doesn’t touch the rim, eight if you score in the last three seconds, and -1 for a missed free throw