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TIL: China doesn't know how to make a ballpoint pen.

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wolJM TIL that a plane carrying 6,000 pounds of pot crashed in Yosemite National Park. Climbers in Yosemite Valley heard news of the crash and sparked a miniature gold rush with up to 20 people searching the frozen crash site. Much of the weed was salvaged, smoked, or sold before park rangers caught on.
loYQA TIL the Japanese used "nightingale floors" to alert castle lords to enemy attacks. These floors were designed so that walking on them created a shrill chirping noise. To tell friend from foe, the lord of the castle would identify a set rhythm for allies to use when walking on the nightingale floors.
ZpYXp TIL that when a mad Hungarian smashed up Michelangelo's Pietà with a hammer they found an exact replica in a lost Peruvian village to restore it.
j67Zn TIL Of the 4,776 Union soldiers buried at Antietam National Cemetery, approximately 1,836, or 38%, are unknown, with their graves marked by small square stones. Antietam was the bloodiest single day in American history with 22,700 casualties.
ADZYg TIL that three original transcripts of the minutes of the 1431 trial of Joan of Arc still exist.