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TIL that the act of hitting something until it works is called “Percussive maintenance”.

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oB7YR TIL that in 1916 there was a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution that would put all acts of war to a national vote, and anyone voting yes would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.
9Ar7 TIL the mysterious 120-ton boulder walls of an ancient fortress in Sacsayhuaman, Peru have survived thousands of years, including earthquakes, in part because they are “fit together with such precision you can’t fit a piece of paper between them”
JpZl TIL in North Korea women are not allowed to ride bikes, wedding ceremonies MUST be held before one of the 34,000 Kim-Il-Sung statues, and citizens must display in their homes a portrait of their leader.
9K0p TIL chillies evolved heat to deter mammals from eating them whilst not affecting birds, who can’t taste them and fly around pooping the seeds eveywhere
8dDb TIL that the Bacardi family of Cuba personally donated thousands of dollars to Fidel Castro’s revolution. Once Castro was in power, he confiscated all of Bacardi’s assets and exiled them.