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TIL the dots along the rim of a car’s windshield are called Frits. The Frit band is a baked on ceramic paint that protects sealants from UV rays that degrade sealants that hold the windshield in place and also for aesthetic reasons among other things.

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16g14 TIL about state adjutants general, who are the commanders of their state's military forces. They are appointed by the Governor in all states and territories that have them (the CMNI and AS doesn't), except for DC where POTUS appoints, and Vermont whose General Assembly elects for a 2-year term.
M7M9V TIL Temmler Werke (company that supplied Nazi meth) was still making Pervitin and selling it to the East German army until 1988.
d8dw7 TIL the breakup of Yugoslavia was arguably accelerated by a Serbian man who was injured while pleasuring himself with a glass bottle. When questioned by doctors, he blamed his injury on an attack by "Albanian separatists" and became a cause celebre for Serbian ultranationalists.
BrQmy TIL The ball dropped in Time Square on New Year's Eve represents a "time ball" used hundreds of years ago. Ship captains all across the harbor could start their clocks when they saw the ball land.
Gbe7 TIL Private companies are now providing trained birds of prey to take down hostile drones and protect their clients’ airspace