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TIL that sharks respond to affection similar to dogs, and enjoy pets!

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8evxL TIL In perfecting the design of their first aircraft, the Wright Brothers built and tested prototypes inside of a Wind Tunnel - to which they credited the bulk of their aircraft’s success.
v1YDj TIL of "Newton's flaming laser sword, a philosophical razor which states that "what cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating." It was supposedly named this because it not only "undoubtedly cuts out the crap, [but] also seems to cut out almost everything else as well."
40eR TIL: Most Thermostat Controls in Large Office Buildings Don’t Do Anything
vPN8D TIL of the Isaaq Genocide. Also known as the "Hargeisa Holocaust", it was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide of Isaaq civilians between 1987 and 1989 by the Somali Democratic Republic, under the dictatorship of Siad Barre, during the Somaliland War of Independence.
El97 TIL L. Ron Hubbard commanded a sub chaser, fought a nonexistent sub, and shelled Mexico