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TIL of a Gravity Hill where a car in neutral will appear to roll up a hill, however, it is down to the surrounding landscape producing an optical illusion making the slight downhill appear to be an uphill.

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9Ym8D TIL that 75% of exterior fire escapes in New York City do not meet safety standards and are all at least 50 years old
8MlK TIL that the Mongols’ military tactics were so fierce that they would catapult diseased corpses over city walls to infect the population and even rerouted rivers after a city had fallen so that it could never rise again
rREeW TIL: Stephen King has a system where he will license his short stories to aspiring filmmakers for just $1. This gives the filmmakers affordable source material. These are referred to as "Dollar Babies."
V8aG TIL Rutherford B. Hayes was the first US President to oppose the Spoils System of giving federal jobs to political supporters, wanting instead to pick them by merit according to an examination.
0Gdy TIL that a major cause of human rabies deaths in India is faith healing as people believe that they’ve been impregnated by puppies after being bitten by a dog and consult a healer instead of a doctor before it’s too late. This mass hysteria is called Puppy pregnancy syndrome.