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TIL Air conditioners are rated according to how many tons of ice would have to melt in your house during the day to keep it cool

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4m9g TIL That there was an ancient group of people responsible for the bronze age collapse who appeared from nowhere, destroyed at least 3 empires, then disappeared again after being defeated by Egypt.
RwxQ TIL that in 1787 a man was hanged for deserting and re-enlisting in the British Army 47 times, in order to get the large bounty obtained upon joining the army.
a0r9 TIL the Germans had a “curved barrel device” to shoot around corners
wLr06 TIL of Ken Banks, a Queensland man who set up a "retirement home" for birds who outlive their owners, at one count housing at least 1,600 birds including a cockatoo in its 90s. He prefers not to sell birds but rather swap with breeders or give birds to people after teaching how to care for them.
nWoB7 TIL that a study in 1974, to test if leading questions can distort eyewitness testimony, indicated that indeed "the questions asked subsequent to an event can cause a reconstruction in one’s memory of that event."