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TIL windsocks are used to tell the wind speed and not just direction

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j4gM TIL Richard Feynman was arrested while working on the Manhattan Project for playing pranks on military guards using a hole in the security fence. And safe-cracking.
R71Ea TIL the word “dude” originally referred to an extremely well-dressed male from the East Coast and was slang for cowboys who catered to such city-slickers on “dude ranches”, or guest ranches. In the 1960s and 70s it evolved to its current usage starting out with surfer culture.
mxg6p TIL about Hoover, the talking seal. He first learned to vocalize from the human family who saved him and his accent reflects their New England speech. Additional sources in the comments.
Bgrbk TIL In the past people used to feed opium to calm down crying babies.
e5KJ TIL in World War II, during the invasion of the Netherlands, Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard evacuated to Canada. When Princess Juliana’s child was born, the Governor General of Canada declared the Princess’ quarters extraterritorial so that the newborn was eligible for the line of succession.