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TIL that 97% of the Amish use washing machines.

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LQXDQ TIL Dogs can sense weak thermal radiation with their noses
9YvNM TIL in the 1600s to avoid slavery a group of Africans on St. Vincent Island acquired the customs and language of the Native American group Kalipona so that Europeans would consider them to be native and leave them alone.
8Bd8 TIL engineers that worked on the Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” aircraft couldn’t come up with a proper fuel sealing system that could handle the thermal expansion of the airframe at extreme temperatures, so the aircraft would leak jet fuel on the runway.
YpPBP TIL that the 2009 movie "Where the Wild Things Are" barely turned any profit despite having mostly positive reviews, making $100.1 million from a budget of $100 million
Vxk8 TIL a man who was a pioneer in sleep research died when he slammed his car into a tree north of San Diego in 1998. An autopsy suggested he may have fallen asleep at the wheel