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TIL that the first true automobile was invented by Karl Benz

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XEkvQ TIL Japanese do not throw away broken pottery, but instead fix it by repairing it with gold so that the cracks become part of its beauty, as part of a philosophy that treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to hide
4Z6 TIL that the moon is actually exceptionally dark, and has a similar reflectivity to coal. It appears white in comparison to the darker sky around it.
pgOb TIL Flamingos can sleep in ponds that freeze around their legs at night, drink boiling water, and survive conditions that expose them to arsenic and poisonous gases
BrNyK TIL the Hershey's holiday commercial "Christmas Bells" has aired every holiday season for the past 28 years
epmVn TIL Astronaut Ron McNair played the first musical instrument in space in 1984. He was a tenor saxophone player but could only fit a curved soprano sax. He got to play it in space but there was a media blackout at the time