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TIL: Snipers Attacked A Silicon Valley Power Station Last Year And Nobody Told Us

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98Pm TIL Antoine Lavoisier, 18th century French chemist, as a final experiment told his college that he would try to blink as long as possible after being beheaded. Some sources say he continued to blink for 30 seconds.
Lkp50 TIL Chick-fil-A makes more per restaurant than McDonald's, Starbucks and Subway combined
6eOQ TIL that there is no such thing as a ‘triangle player’ in an orchestra. The guy playing the triangle is called a percussionist, and must master at least 35 different instruments.