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TIL the actual valve in freeze-proof outdoor faucets is way back inside the house, on the warm side of the insulation

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5Yb9Q TIL that the first person in recorded history to be killed by a robot was a factory worker at the Ford Motor Company in 1979.
6E7yJ TIL Pompeii had snack bars that are likened to fast food restaurants. A 2,000-year-old uncovered thermopolium features colorful frescoes - one is of a sea nymph, but the other is of a worker in a snack-bar environment and is thought to be an early form of advertising.
9OdM TIL prohibition made it a crime to produce, sell, or transport alcoholic beverages, but anyone who already had bottles of old liquor stocked away was free to consume them, so many rich people stockpiled reserves before the law passed
VMPp TIL that golf will be an Olympic sport in 2016
Pm7n TIL a small magnet implanted in a finger can allow one to sense magnetic fields. This body mod can be very useful in professions that work with electric currents, allowing the detection of live wires and avoiding electric shock.