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(Feb 25, 2021 05:00)
This is why the U.S. uses 110V 60 HZ AC voltage while a lot of the rest of the world doesn’t. ⚡🤓 Find more at https://t.co/apvIh9nNK2 #engineering https://t.co/VBg1Uk7hzW
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4 years ago
(Feb 25, 2021 11:00)
In 1876, Sigmund Freud travelled to Trieste in Italy where he dissected 400 eels to identify where their genitals are located. He did not find them.
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(Feb 25, 2021 04:07)
TIL in 2004 a Taiwanese woman died of alcohol intoxication after immersion for twelve hours in a bathtub filled with 40% ethanol. Her blood alcohol content was 1.35%. It was believed that she had immersed herself as a response to the SARS epidemic.
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(Feb 25, 2021 06:14)
TIL that in 1942, the Luftwaffe dropped three bombs on the church of Mosta, Malta. Two of them deflected without exploding, but one 500kg high explosive bomb pierced the dome and entered the church, where more than 300 people were awaiting evening mass. The bomb did not explode and was later defused
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