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TIL one horse’s power is greater than one horsepower

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AN6d TIL the world’s most translated book by a living author was written in two weeks.
rRyKx TIL: NYC subway's signal technology is nearly a century old, and signal operators don't know precisely where each car is on the tracks at any given time.
nWXKP TIL of Janet Chandler a 22-years-old Michigan woman who was gang raped and killed by her colleagues in Feb 1979 because they hated her promiscuity, the case remained unsolved until in 2004 when some college students made a film called "Who killed Janet Chandler?" that led to the case being solved
M7g7K TIL "Don't Mess With Texas" started as a slogan for an anti littering campaign
5YWNn TIL: There is a woman in the Bible named the Witch of Endor. King Saul consults her to summon the spirit of the prophet Samuel for battle advice, after various attempts to consult God through sacred lots and prophets had failed.