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

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LrJd TIL Treasure hunter Forrest Fenn hid 1-3 million dollars in gold nuggets, coins and precious stones for others to find using clues left in a poem he wrote after being diagnosed with cancer. To this day, the treasure has not been found.
XE99X TIL the earliest evidence of wearing socks and sandals is documented at the archaeological site between Dishforth and Leeming in North Yorkshire, England. The discovery suggests that old Romans wore socks with sandals at least 2,000 years ago.
QrxX TIL that NASA no longer has the original recording of the moon landing because it has been recorded over and reused. NASA admitted it back in 2006
ZpPyG TIL fingerprinting for identifying criminals was invented in Argentina in 1891. It was used to solve a murder case in 1892 where a woman murdered her sons and tried to blame a neighbor.
kXPB TIL that Wan Hu, is categorized as a scientist of the Chinese space program. In ancient China, Wan Hu had attached rockets to his chair in an attempt to fly to space.