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TIL of 1,000-year old windmills still operating in Iran

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Brx1x TIL that repeated attempts to capitalize on the popularity of McDonald's Quarter Pounder by releasing competing 1/3 pound burgers have failed because Americans are bad at fractions.
PY1Yg TIL that Ian Anderson, the frontman for the rock band Jethro Tull, adopted the flute after realized he would never be "as good as Eric Clapton" on the electric guitar.
R5kZa TIL: film critics Siskel & Ebert had a policy of never taking photos with popcorn or movie candy because they believed it devalued the seriousness and artistic integrity of films.
xV16b TIL there is a Volcano in Indonesia which spews electric blue lava.
Yd6G TIL the Third Amendment, protecting against quartering of troops in a residence, has only had one major court case in the history of the United States.