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TIL the buzzing sound heard from a refrigerator is not from the motor, but from the refrigerant rapidly changing from a liquid to a gas and back again.

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WkoLY TIL: Newly declassified public records obtained via the Freedom of Information Act shed light on Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground military experiments. Tests involved human exposure to biological and chemical agents while others studied weaponized mosquitos released on civilian populations in the U.S.
KOe69 TIL National Dollar Day on August 8th commemorates the day Congress established the U.S. monetary system in 1786. In 1862, the United States printed its first dollar bill. It wasn’t George Washington face, The first dollar bill featured Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln’s Secretary of Treasury.
eBR6 TIL calling someone a patriot was an insult until the American Revolution
51Qr TIL That Japanese masked pro-wrestler, The Great Sasuke, kept his mask on when elected to senate.
GmvJ TIL Despite his legend as a vicious killer, the pirate “Blackbeard” was very kind to women, fell in love easily, and may have had as many as 14 wives.