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TIL that the Chinese use drones equipped with flame-throwers to fight trash stuck in power lines.

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lo5YB TIL executioners would also often be medical practitioners due to their knowledge of anatomy
69gAW TIL that contraceptives were prohibited in some states for married people until 1965 and for unmarried people until 1972.
4XpLN TIL top US government officials proposed committing acts of terror against US citizens in false flag attacks as a pretext to invade Cuba, before being denied by President Kennedy.
rRNJ1 TIL That the US Treasury planned to replace Alexander Hamilton's face on the $10 bill with a notable woman from US history, but decided to instead change Jackson's face on the $20 bill, almost entirely due to the popularity of "Hamilton"
D1YEr TIL that the whole of fiction--almost every story ever written--is a variation on 7 basic plots.