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TIL that whale oil was used in transmission fluid in automobiles until the late 1970s.

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8eaX8 TIL The smallest possible size for anything in the universe is the Planck Length, which is 1.6 x10-35 m across.
08mA TIL that smallpox is the first and only disease that has ever been eradicated. Smallpox now only exists in high security labs in Russia and the US. Vaccinations played a major role in achieving this eradication.
OGyk6 TIL David Hayter, the voice of Snake from Metal Gear Solid, was a scriptwriter for X-Men, X2, and Watchmen.
KYg0G TIL that there's a species of wasp called the horse guard wasp. It is found in the eastern US and acts as a natural biological control by hanging around horses and killing horse flies. Despite their loud buzzing noises, horses are not disturbed by them.
PYRlJ TIL Church's Fried Chicken was a major supporter of chess in the 1970s, with the San Antonio Church's Fried Chicken Inc. 1st International Chess Tournament in 1972 being considered one of the most important chess tournaments on American soil.