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TIL The Tidewater Pipeline was the World's first oil pipeline built in Pennsylvania and still exists today and is used for fiber optic cables.

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x6bMB TIL about the Chili grenade, a weapon made by the Indian Armed Forces that uses a weponized form of the bhut jolokia chili pepper.
R7GDQ TIL Nyepi, a hindu festival, celebrated in Bali is a national self reflection day which is observed by silence. Surprisingly, tourists are not permitted onto the beaches or streets. telecommunications companies even switch off internet services for a 24 hour period. Airport are closed too.
1a4RP TIL about Jerry Lawson. He created the first video game cartridges & Channel F console. Atari soon copied.
PY5yL TIL that the oldest recorded signs of a lottery date from the Han Dynasty in ancient China, and were used to help finance major government projects like the Great Wall.
oD8K TIL that three bodies were found in a storage room on the USS West Virginia when she was re-floated after Pearl Harbor. A calendar kept by the men indicated that they had survived for over two weeks after the attack.