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TIL: The largest reciprocating engine in the world is the RT-flex96C, a turbocharged diesel engine designed by the Finnish manufacturer Wärtsilä. It is designed for large container ships. Its 14-cylinder version is 44 ft high, 87.2 ft long, weighs over 2,300 t, and produces 107,390 hp

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vlEB TIL in a private cemetery in Arkansas, a woman single-handedly buried and gave funerals to more than 40 gay men during the height of the AIDS epidemic, when their families wouldn’t claim them.
R5Zl4 TIL in 1916, Woodrow Wilson ran for re-election on the slogan "He kept us out of war," promising to maintain neutrality during World War I. But shortly after his surprise win, he led the US into the war in 1917, sparking significant backlash and dramatically shifting the nation's foreign policy.
x6ldo TIL Hell's Kitchen S1 winner, Michael Wray, struggled with pain and addiction during the show. He then lost his daughter, sending him slowly into a downward spiral to the point he was found crawling on the side of a highway near death.
KYQxG TIL about the Janzen–Connell hypothesis, a widely accepted mechanism that asserts that a forest with more diverse species of plants will prosper because the more common a plant species is, the more specialist enemies it attracts.
8amkV TIL that in 1972 Larry Hagman made a sequel to "The Blob" and in 1982 the movie was re-issued with the tagline "The film that J.R. shot!".