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TIL Single Men Wash Their Sheets on Average Four Times per Year

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kOYbd TIL There is an infantry style rocket launcher that carries a nuclear payload called the "Davey Crockett"
aOWA TIL that modern roundabouts have 40% fewer vehicle collisions, 80% fewer injuries and 90% fewer serious injuries and fatalities compared with regular junctions
grxk7 TIL an Australian soldier named Herbert James "Ringer" Edwards survived being crucified for 63 hours by Japanese soldiers during World War 2.
8ad8Z TIL that 5000 years ago people in what is now Scotland carved intricate baseball sized stone balls in varied shapes and we don't know why.
e0M74 Till, the invention of artificial refrigeration 1904, and various poultry raising techniques eggs were seasonal to the majority of the population. Farmers used various feed/light methods to trick hens into thinking it was spring and laying eggs year-round. Today eggs are a staple of most diets.