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TIL sperm oil(whales) was used in automotive transmissions until the 1970s. When they stopped using it, transmission failures rose significantly.

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e0evn TIL about Stella Kübler, a German Jewish woman who collaborated with the Nazis in hunting down thousands of hiding Jews despite her parents being killed. After the war she converted to Christianity and became an open anti-semite
oB4XE TIL about the Tucker State Prison Farm scandal, in which inmates were routinely beaten, tortured with needles under their fingernails, and had their genitals crushed with pliers and electrocuted. Up to 200 inmates may have been murdered and buried around the prison.
KYoNB TIL: Macaulay Culkin's middle name is Macaulay Culkin
QNrPL TIL that although the location of the former base of MI6 from 1964 to 1994 was meant to be classified, The Daily Telegraph called it "London's worst-kept secret, known only to every taxi driver, tourist guide and KGB agent".
x6Opw TIL Alex the Parrot is the only animal ever documented asking a question, and it was an existential one