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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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R7Va9 TIL Jon Stewart was a talented college soccer player who scored the only goal in a key game leading to the NCAA tournament.
QJPkM TIL that in Hinduism, atheism is considered to be a valid path to spirituality, as it can be argued that God can manifest in several forms with "no form" being one of them.
X0eNj TIL Amputees sometimes feel pain in their missing limbs after they are removed. This is known as phantom pain.
DQ80V TIL - Despite the importance of shooting in the NBA, there's never been more than 1 player in the 50-40-90 club in any given season, with there being only 14 such seasons since the introduction of the 3pt shot in 1979. Steve Nash is the only to have achieved more than 2 such seasons, with 4.
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