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TIL in 2010 Mazda recalled 52000 cars due to spider infestation in the fuel system.

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9wW1X TIL that there is a lock in the Netherlands with a doorbell for fish. As soon as the doorbell rings, the lock is opened so that the fish can swim through in search of a place to lay their eggs.
Br4Nb TIL about Super Baseball 2020, an early 90's baseball video game where some of the players are robots.
AN0ja TIL about Lydia Taft, who on October 30th, 1756, became the first woman to legally vote in U.S. History. During a Town Meeting in Uxbridge, Mass., Taft voted in favor of appropriating funds for the regiments engaged in the French and Indian War. Her vote preceded the 19th Amendment by 164 years.
9Y8dX TIL The term "bug" to describe a runtime error was popularized when in 1947 engineers discovered their program on a Harvard University Mark II computer was not working because a moth was stuck in one of the relays. They taped the bug into their engineering log book, still preserved today.
X0OWP TIL couples who spend more than $20K on their wedding are 3.5x more likely to divorce than couples who spend between $5-10K.