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TIL I learn about underwater logging (e.g., after flooding a forested valley for a dam project) and that there are harvester robots like the Sawfish Harvester that were invented exclusively for this kind of operation

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MXQ7 TIL While campaigning for a third term, Teddy Roosevelt was shot and instead of treating the wound he delivered a speech with a bullet hole in his chest.
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R7RQ TIL that some Japanese soldiers refused to accept that WWII ended until as late as 1972, and even then, had to be convinced by their lieutenant.
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