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TIL In 1935 German engineers created a streamlined motorcycle with the engine in the front wheel. There was likely only one made and it’s current location is unknown.

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E1k0W TIL of the Dvorak keyboard layout. Its fans say that it requires less finger motion and as a result reduces errors, increases typing speed, and reduces repetitive strain injuries.
jj1E TIL there was one Aboriginal Australian who served as a fighter pilot in WWII
NXA4M TIL There is a zip code, 98164, in Seattle that is only 1 city block and has only 250 people in it.
dGAr TIL that Pope Gregory IX told his followers that cats were associated with the devil. As a result, people started killing cats. With fewer cats around to hunt rats, the rat population exploded…leading to the spread of the bubonic plague.
yQe5a TIL three border collies have been trained to run around a Chilean forest devastated by wildfire while wearing special backpacks that release native plant seeds.