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TIL: Burst fire firearms were introduced to the US Army as a means to conserve ammo. During the Vietnam War (less well trained) soldiers would commonly hold down the trigger until they ran out of ammo.

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KOrxE TIL from 1996-2000, a group of students at MIT made and wrote multiple papers about a robotic flamingo. Dubbed the "Spring Flamingo", it was made to teach them complex robotics and show how feet and actuated ankles helped bipedal walking
VbmG TIL when child actor Jackie Coogan turned 18, he found out that all his money ($68 million) had been spent by his mother who argued that that every dollar a child makes before the age of 21 belongs to his parents. Coogan’s law was then passed to protect child actors.
VM0NB TIL that the world record for most perfect games of Wii Sports Bowling played is held by John Bates, an 85 year old who played 20,000 games perfectly over a period of seven years.
r5nw TIL: NSFW - The last public execution in France by beheading (Eugen Weidmann) is on YouTube.
j6KQE TIL The 2 hour long This is It concert film was selected from more than 100 hours of rehearsal footage of Michael Jackson in preparation for his 2009 comeback concert series that never happened. It opened with simultaneous premieres in 99 countries, with the mood both sad and celebratory