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TIL that Inca Ruins in Sacsayhuamán - Peru was built in 14th Century with Limestone blocks those weight vary from 128 to 200 tonnes. These stones were moved from an estimated 35 away. Stones are so precisely spaced that a single piece of paper will still not fit between many of the them.

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4Xoeg TIL of Joseph Tartaro who applied for a vanity license plate with the California DMV that said "NULL" as a joke. Because of how computers interpret that word it wreaked havoc in the system and he began to receive dozens of citations in bulk from all over the state.
JZ4m TIL during filming of the 1970 movie Maidstone.. actor Rip Torn hit author/director Norman Mailer over the head with a hammer which resulted in an actual fight with Mailer biting off part of Rip Torns ear & Rip nearly choking Mailer to death… The fight was kept in the final cut of the movie
VMwr0 TIL of "Steel Manning," the opposite of a straw man. It's a technique where you attempt to explain your opponent's position as sincerely and honestly as possible. The idea is that by building trust, your opponent will be more willing to listen to your side of the argument.
pYjvp TIL that Jackson Pollock abandoned titles and started numbering his works. His wife, Lee Krasner, said, "He used to give his pictures conventional titles, but now he simply numbers them. Numbers are neutral. They make people look at a picture for what it is, pure painting."
69wAJ TIL in the 1890’s Gallaudet University, a school for deaf and hard of hearing, invented the QB Huddle due to other team being able to read sign language aswell