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TIL C.S. Lewis was Irish, once saying “I'm Irish not English. Did you ever know an Irishman who didn't puff and blow?” when informed his heavy breathing was interfering with a radio broadcast.

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gMLEb TIL That in order to build the Itaipu Dam on the border of Paraguay and Brazil, one of the largest waterfalls by volume, the Guaíra Falls, were redirected to form the artificial lake for the dam. 18 waterfalls in 7 groups with a volume of 1.75 million cubic feet per second disappeared overnight.
Xwrk TIL that modern ovens have a safety override that allows them to run continuously rather than automatically shutting off. This feature is for Orthodox Jews observing Sabbath who aren’t permitted to push buttons.
nWL1P TIL Black Americans are almost three times as likely to be vegan or vegetarian as other Americans
gkGW TIL Queen Elizabeth served as a truck mechanic in WW2
yQrVa TIL Apollo 11 astronauts were Quarantined for 3 weeks after they landed on the Moon because of fears of spreading a “Moon Plague”