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TIL that adults have protective services too, not just kids.

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a8dyM TIL: Leonardo da Vinci designed scuba gear for sneak attacks on enemy ships from underwater. The leather suit was equipped with a bag-like mask that went over the diver’s head. Attached to the mask around the nose area were two cane tubes that led up to a cork diving bell floating on the surface.
E0MV TIL in the early 1930s, Stalin killed about 3.3 million Soviet Ukrainians under a plan to kill peasants in order to seize their land. After starving in mass numbers as a result of Stalin’s orders, Stalin blamed Ukrainians and used this as a pretext for even harsher measures.
nW94d TIL in 1984, two masked men kidnapped the president of Glico, the maker of Pocky, naked from his house for ransom. The president later escaped but the men were never caught. They later taunted police in letters and called themselves The Monster with 21 Faces
R4Y6 TIL old vacuum cleaners may release more bacteria and dust than they suck up