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TIL: Braveheart was set in the 13th century, but kilt’s didn’t become common until the 17th. The soldiers also wouldn’t have worn war paint at that time.

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mxjJO TIL that the Geneva Freeport contains 6x more valuable artwork than the Modern Museum of Art in NYC
GY6j TIL the Filet-O-Fish was originally developed in 1962 for Catholic McDonald’s customers, since back in the 60’s they tended to abstain from meat on Fridays.
deLQ TIL that “pouring out a 40 for my homies” is actually an ancient religious ritual called ‘libation’
EZ1p TIL A Gurkha Soldier of the Indian Army single handedly fought off 40 armed bandits with his knife killing 3 and injuring 8 to save a girl from getting raped during a train robbery in India
gMVE9 TIL during the 1999 University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt one of the teams managed to build a working nuclear reactor from scratch.