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TIL ferrets are trained and used to help pull electrical wiring through hard-to-reach places

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wowYP TIL that Machu Picchu is earthquake resistant. The Incans created an engineering technique called ‘ashlar masonry’, where rocks are cut to fit perfectly together without mortar. This allowed the stones to move in its place during an earthquake, before settling back in their original positions
7oQO TIL: The (female) appendix can be surgically removed using a small incision in the patient’s vagina leaving no external scar, no damage to the abdominal wall, minimal postoperative pain, and an almost immediate return to normal activity.
0wWKM TIL on a flight, James Woods reported four men to the FBI for strange behavior. They were doing a dry run for 9/11
X0MJX TIL in 2009 The World Cancer Research Fund warned parents against feeding their children too many ham sandwiches due to the risk of bowel cancer from the processed meat
ned8W TIL in 2002 three geriatric Catholic nuns broke into a US nuclear missile launch facility, vandalized it with hammers, and drew crosses on the silo with their own blood.