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TIL that squirrels were once considered among the top causes for power outages across the US

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86ML TIL John Cazale (Fredo Corleone from “The Godfather”) appeared in only five films during his lifetime. All five were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Three of them won.
lomkK TIL after the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, an Athenian soldier named Epizelus lost his sight after his comrade next to him was killed despite not having any injuries himself, suggesting he suffered from hysterical blindness due to PTSD.
jNmDn TIL that ants do not have lungs. Oxygen enters through tiny holes all over the body and carbon dioxide leaves through the same holes. There are no blood vessels. The heart is a long tube that pumps colorless blood from the head back to the rear and then back up to the head again.
ep4X5 TIL that Australians sell a product called "sonic animal guards" (colloquially known as "kangaroo scarers").
N7bR1 TIL - The inventor of the shiftless and seemless CVT (continuously variable transmission) was in fact Leonardo Da Vinci.