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TIL that equisetum, or puzzlegrass, inspired the invention of logarithms

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RRLl TIL The U.S. Government is currently developing a gun that can fire a laser guided lightning bolt.
5W6B TIL that due to an obscure subculture, there are more restored 1950s American cars in Sweden than in the entire USA
W75Z9 TIL that Lee Harvey Oswald and President Teddy Roosevelt were 3rd cousins, 1x removed. Roosevelt’s maternal grandmother Susannah and Oswald’s great-grandfather Thomas Hepworth Sr. were siblings.
16XX8 TIL Lucozade dates to 1927 and was originally a health drink and given to in patients of hospitals.
nWXoY TIL that Ian Fleming got the name James Bond from an ornithologist, whose works he admired. Fleming chose the name Bond to sound blunt and everyday.