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TIL there is an airless tire called a tweel. It is currently only used in military and construction

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7rJrb TIL that emoticon culture is different in the East ^.^ or ;_; and West :) because Easterners pay much greater attention on the eyes, whilst Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion.
LoYv TIL that the OSS director once showcased the then newly invented gun silencer to president Franklin D. Roosevelt by shooting 10 rounds at a sandbag in the oval office without Roosevelt noticing, and then handing him the smoking gun.
ORKY TIL Iditarod huskies have a ‘Maximal Oxygen Uptake’ (V02 Max) as high as 240 mL/(kg·min) - greater than Thoroughbred horses (180 mL/(kg·min), and nearly three times greater than the highest human V02 max ever recorded (97.5 mL/(kg·min).
jN6vp TIL the expression "blood is thicker than water" originally had the exact opposite meaning: "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."
WkO9A TIL Reggie Strickland holds the record for the most losses as a Professional Boxer with 276