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TIL that 2014 marks 200 years of peace between the United States and Britain

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8a8bX TIL "Death by misadventure" is a legally-defined manner of death, primarily attributed to an accident that occurred due to a dangerous risk that was taken voluntarily.
W7NWX TIL 3M was originally a mining company called Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
e0OZE Today I learned that auto makers have been adding fake engine noises to their car speaker systems, or even adding entirely separate speaker systems to increase the rumble and depth of the sound of engines to compensate for modern efficiency resulting in less oomph. It’s called a Soundaktor.
VBEAp TIL that Jill Ellis is the only coach - women or men - to win the World Cup as a foreign coach. Every prior winning coach has had the same nationality as the winning country.
1aKj7 TIL the Pinkerton Detective Agency, once the largest private law enforcement organization in the World ,famous for their Hunting of Outlaws and Strikebreaking, still exists and operates today.