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TIL that the Amish use air-powered tools for everything, including pneumatic blenders, sewing-machines and table-saws.

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wGvW TIL British police cars carry teddy bears to console children after accidents
kOmRW TIL of Donald Caskie, "the Tartan Pimpernel", a Church of Scotland minister working in Paris who helped 500 Allied servicemen escape occupied France during World War II
PYRYL TIL when sonar was first invented, operators were puzzled by the appearance of a ‘false seafloor’ that changed depth with the time of day and amount of moonlight. It was eventually identified as a previously unknown layer of billions of lanternfish that reflect sonar waves and migrate up and down.
gM1YA TIL of "Happy Tail Syndrome." This condition occurs when particularly happy and boisterous dogs manage to damage the end of their tail through excessive wagging which causes it to bang repeatedly against hard household features like walls and doors.
Z9vp TIL That there was a violent street gang in 1980’s NYC called The Decepticons, and their leader called himself Megatron.