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TIL that the official inventor of the fire hydrant remains unknown because the patent was lost in a fire.

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j9Qp TIL giraffes only sleep 30 minutes a day, were thought until the 1950’s to not sleep at all, and only kneel down to drink water once every few days. Of all mammals giraffes sleep the least.
b9p9a TIL after the TV series ended, the helicopter from Airwolf was sold and served as an ambulance helicopter in Germany until it crashed in 1992, killing all on board.
KRrw TIL Olive Garden trains their staff in the art of “hospitaliano”, their made-up Italian word for hospitality
yQ1ov TIL that while same-sex marriage is legal federally in the U.S., it is still not legal on a number of native reservations.
P14yO TIL, some frogs can hiss