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Today I learned that concrete truck drivers carry bottles of coke to prevent the concrete from settling in case of emergency

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yQb8a TIL in 1956 an F-11 test pilot inexperienced with the consequences of supersonic flight, literally ran into his own gunfire and shot himself down
yKrw TIL that Singapore has the highest ratio of millionaires in the world. 1/6 residents has 1 million USD in disposable wealth.
Lk7MQ TIL 2% is 50% (milk)
4X51o TIL of Charles Dickinson West who was hired by the Empire of Japan in 1882 to teach steam engine mechanics & mechanical engineering at Tokyo University. He assisted in the development of the Imperial Japanese Navy & was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by Emperor Meiji in 1905.
4XJMR TIL 'Catastrophizing'. A cognitive distortion that prompts people to jump to the worst possible conclusion after a minor setback. When a situation is upsetting but safe, they still feel like they are in the midst of a huge crisis. Getting enough sleep can also help keep 'catastrophizing' in check.