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E0nx TIL If you start a race exactly when the starting gun goes off, it’s considered a false start because it’s impossible for a human to react in under a tenth of second
wdEo TIL That the more successful Roman gladiators endorsed products before commencing a fight and would have their names on the Roman equivalent of billboards.
b6YNN TIL that other than the carbon in blood diamonds, tantalum is the only pure chemical element to face international sanctions requiring conflict-free sourcing
QJwn9 TIL an enormous Buddhist relic known as the Buddha's Begging Bowl, weighing 350 to 400 kg, is kept in the Kabul museum. When the Taliban captured Kabul, they destroyed all other Buddhist relics except the bowl, since at some point Quranic verses were inscribed on it.
wLEA1 TIL that when dashboard lights were first used in cars they were called "idiot lights" because drivers were frustrated by the warning lights used in place of gauges, making it more difficult to detect issues early since they only activated after one occurred.