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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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5YVaR TIL the dish "Spaghetti and Meatballs" is not at all Italian. It's 100% American.
N7wB8 TIL about the Centralia Mine Fire. It is an underground coal mine fire that has been burning since 1962. It has led to the abandonment of 2 towns in PA. The area's 17927 zip code has been revoked by the US. The fire is estimated to burn for another 250 years.
X0Ma8 TIL cats have a varying number of nipples.
N7DE6 TiL: There's a mutant who has been on the X-men for several years, but nobody at all ever remembered due to his power of immediately forgetting he existed once he leaves your point of view.
W70YX TIL shortly after the rock band Great White began performing in 2003 at The Station in Rhode Island, their tour manager set off pyrotechnics whose sparks ignited flammable acoustic foam. Within six minutes of the ignition, the entire building was engulfed in flames—100 attendees died.