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TIL British tanks have hot water boilers for brewing tea.

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MegDm TIL that 150 people die each year from falling coconuts, compared to 5 a year from shark attacks. One newspaper in Australia dubbed coconuts "the killer fruit."
p81PG TIL about Dorothy Louis Gage, L Frank Baum's niece, who died at the age of 5 months. Baum's wife was so distraught over Dorothy's death that she started requiring medical treatment. In order to cheer his wife up, Baum decided to name the protagonist of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in his niece's honor
VXXp TIL that 132 wallets were “lost” in NYC as part of an experiment, and only 2% of them were taken. Wallets were more likely to be taken on the Upper East Side, where median family income is as high as $126,000.
9x07 TIL that Mickey and Minnie Mouse’s voice actors were married in real life.
kB71 TIL Congressional Medal of Honor Winner Peter Lemon was high on marijuana when he single-handedly fought off two waves of Vietcong troops and dragged a wounded soldier to safety