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TIL that the slingshot (catapult in the UK) was only invented in the mid-1800s, as it relies on strong elastic materials that didn’t exist before that time.

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neZWB TIL the fastest growing jobs in the United States are Solar Photovoltaic Installers and Wind Turbine Service Technicians, at 63% and 57% per year
dvNd TIL when the allied forces were signing the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, the Canadian general blind in one eye mistakenly signed below his signature line, forcing every person after him to sign one space below. The Japanese found it unacceptable.
Ool5L TIL Henry Ford was an anti-semite and was given an award by the nazi regime in 1938
R55j1 TIL the US has a population density of only 34 people per square kilometer. By comparison the Netherlands has a density of 457 per km and Bangladesh is at 1087 per km. If the US had the same density as Bangladesh there would be a staggering 10.5 Billion Americans.
VBW1Q TIL that Judd Nelson, the actor who played John Bender in The Breakfast Club, almost got fired from the production for staying in character and harassing co-star Molly Ringwald off-camera