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TIL US manufacturing jobs are leaving China and returning to robots in the US

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9YlWD TIL - the slang term for a detective - a “gum shoe” originated as a term for gum-rubber, used at the bottom of shoes which helped walk more quietly, fantastic for catching thieves.
GY7wQ TIL the World Sauna Championships were held annually in Finland from 1999 until 2010. Contestants would start in tempartures above the boiling point of water and whoever could endure the longest would win. The competition folded after a contestant died when he effectively cooked himself inside.
68Q7 TIL That after the extinction of the dinosaurs there was a species of turtle that was so large it could eat a crocodile.
D1eZv TIL Seattle's Space Needle is an example of Googie architecture, a type that flourished in the post WWII era and was parodied on The Jetsons. It was named for the West Hollywood Googie's Coffee Shop designed in 1949 by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright.
dYxB TIL There are pictures over 100 years old that are in full color taken with a special camera from all over Russia.