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TIL that a small puncture in a hydraulic line can produce a needle like stream that shoots oil into the blood if interfered, and that these cases often get misdiagnosed

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P10We TIL Both VISA and SAAB are examples of recursive acronyms, acronyms that refer to themselves. VISA stands for "Visa International Service Association" and SAAB stands for "Saab Automobile AB."
0wKWA TIL: Hilter sent a secret expedition to Antarctica for Whale fat to make margarine as part of the “German Fat Plan”
kJQm TIL parrots are able to dance perfectly in time with music, and this may be connected to their ability to mimic and speak
8eP4G TIL that Haleakalā, the shield volcano forming the Hawaiian island of Maui, has erupted an average of once per 100 years for the last 1000 years, and will erupt again in the geologically near future.
4XJlN TIL the US Air Force tested how cats react to being tossed in air in zero gravity. The experiment was documented in a 1947 bioastronautics research video which included slow-mo ejection-seat footage (of men, not cats). They also tested pigeons in zero gravity; some pigeons flew upside down.