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TIL about Salish Wool Dogs, bred for their thick fur to be used in textiles

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009j TIL IKEA Makes Billions Tax-Free Under the Guise of Operating the World’s Largest “Charity”
j6pPj TIL the SCRAM button on nuclear reactors is an acronym for Single Control Rod Axe Man, which initially was just a guy who'd cut a rope to drop in the boron control rods in an emergency
8a8VK TIL the modern drinking straw was developed to prevent tainting the flavor of a mint julip which happened when using a grass straw
p86RA In Delhi, air quality index (AQI) levels are usually a severe 200 on a good day (anything above 25 is deemed unsafe by World Health Organization). During peak pollution periods last year they soared well into a life-threatening 900 and sometimes off the measurable scale. But as Delhi’s 11m registered cars were taken off the roads and factories and construction were ground to a halt, AQI levels have regularly fallen below 20. The skies are suddenly a rare, piercing blue. Even the birdsong seems louder.
77O TIL that an American pilot was decorated with one of Germany’s highest medals for dropping miniature parachutes with candy during Berlin Airlift