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TIL the Largest Source of Power Outages in the US is not Lightening or Drunk Drivers, but Squirrels.

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xk11 TIL russian soldiers do not wear socks - they wrap a piece of cloth around their feet. Socks will finally be introduced by the end of this year
ADnGl TIL Peter Mills, the last surviving American slave, died in 1972 at the age of 110
5waR TIL: “Van Halen!” were the last words spoken by Dimebag Darrel (Darrell Abbott), former guitarist of Pantera and Damageplan moments before he was shot and killed on stage.
WkWMN TIL Narinder Singh Kapani (1926-2020) is acknowledged as the Father of 'Fiber optics'-a term he coined. His work in 1953 ushered in a new era of High speed Internet, endoscopy, spectroscopy etc An unsung hero, he never patented it. He NEVER won a nobel.
NeEN TIL President Nixon’s favorite meal was cottage cheese mixed with ketchup.