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TIL Composite bows made with animal glue, such as those used by the Mongols and Turks, fall apart in rain or high humidity.

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gMnn9 TIL the famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach had no less than 20 children.
dDXmZ TIL: On November 1st, 1755, An earthquake struck Lisbon, Portugal on All Saints Day. Thousands died as churches collapsed. Fire broke out across the city and people fled to the harbor, but there was no water. They started looting the wrecked ships and an incoming tsunami killed thousands more.
d8lBK TIL that the Chief of Staff of the Nazi German army in 1944 later became the Chairman of NATO
nWLRo TIL that Spanish and Hispanic American cultures don’t have a Tooth Fairy. They have El Ratoncito Pérez (Perez the Little Mouse) or Ratón Pérez (Perez Mouse)
EgKXx TIL Judith Love Cohen was American aerospace engineer who helped create the Abort-Guidance System that rescued the Apollo 13 astronauts. When she went into labor, she took a printout of her problem to the hospital. She called her boss and said she finished it before giving birth to actor Jack Black.