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TIL Duct Tape was used during the Vietnam War to repair helicopter rotor blades.

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v1jG8 TIL famed atheist Richard Dawkins loves religious Christmas carols, dislikes the secular carols, and hates saying "happy holidays" instead of Merry Christmas
p8dDG TIL that in the Middle Ages, being lovesick was a considered real disease, caused by humoral imbalance, and treated by exposure to light, gardens, calm and rest, inhalations, and warm baths, as well as with a diet of lamb, lettuce, eggs, fish, and ripe fruit.