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TIL a Coastal Village In India has been making large boats for rich Arabs for over 1500 years. The boats are made from no written schematics.

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X0A8 TIL “percussive maintenance” is the technical term for hitting something until it works.
EgQ4W TiL Charles Dickens was a passenger on a train crash. He tended the victims, some of whom died while he was with them. The experience affected him greatly; he lost his voice for two weeks and tried avoiding train travel whenever possible. He later died five years to the day after the accident.
nWwgG TIL that JFK and Garfield were the only two US presidents to end their terms under the age of 50. Both were assassinated.
E1jpp TIL of the Federal Theater Project. It was a program to employ artists during the great depression. The Federal Theatre Project was distinguished for its focus on racial injustice. At its conclusion, 65 percent of its productions were still presented free of charge.
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