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TIL the ancient Romans had portable multitools similar to today’s Swiss Army knives

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EgnNX TIL a number of capybaras made their way into North America after the Isthmus of Panama was formed. Their descendents, extinct since the Ice Age, are in the Neochoreus genus and have been found as far north as the Carolinas.
rR7QM TIL that the Spartans actually surrendered, they were not as mighty as hyped to be. They surrendered to an Athenian army at the Battle of Sphacteria. And i'm not talking about some low key warriors, they were Spartan elites. 120 of them.
ZwkG TIL Nearly 80% of people who die from drowning in the USA are male.
oBd97 TIL Marilyn Monroe suffered from depression, and was unable to have children throughout her life.
Ypjwr TIL Galileo was the first to confirm the Moon's rough and uneven surface using a specially-engineered telescope and the first to find sunspots. Both findings, in addition to his observation of Jupiter's moons revolving the planet, helped disprove Aristotle's theory of a geocentric universe.