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TIL 10-20 percent of USA power outages are caused by squirrels

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kj5W TIL In WW2, Allied forces sunk 3 ships carrying concentration camp survivors by accident, killing almost 10,000 survivors
1ap4r TIL the dollar symbol ($) originates from the engraving of a banner wrapped around a pillar in the Spanish silver coin.
pYBgG TIL that Phil Sokolof, a wealthy businessman who ate fast food daily and suffered a heart attack, launched a $15 million dollar campaign against McDonald's for their "unhealthy menu", forcing the burger chain to switch from cooking in beef tallow to the "healthier" vegetable oil.
b6oD0 TIL the Danelectro eletric guitar company bought a surplus of women's lipstick tubes, put a bar magnet wrapped directly in copper wire in them, and made one of the most basic and cheapest pick-ups to date.
L5Dr TIL in 1948, the United States signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as part of being in the UN. Article 12 says “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy…or correspondence. Everyone has the right to the protection…against such interference or attacks.”