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grwO4 TIL That Megalodon teeth were once thought to be petrified human tongues that fell from the sky during lunar eclipses. It wasn't until the early 17th century that people realized there were ancient shark teeth
nN07 TIL Andrew Jackson, in a duel, gave his opponent a free shot. Hit in the chest, he returned fire, killing the man. Later said “if he had shot me through the brain, I should still have killed him.”
1aoL7 TIL that people often ignore public fire alarms or fires that break out in front of them, hesitating to escape and denying any danger, because they are committed to finishing what they came to do, or they believe they have a role to be passive
JgBm TIL Ancient Chinese nobility killed themselves by eating a pound of salt
a5ao TIL that the US helped France improve its nuclear weapons. Since US law prevents sharing atomic-bomb information, France and the US used a method called “negative guidance” or “Twenty Questions”; French scientists described to Americans their research, and were told whether they were correct.