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TIL Caractacus's uniform was just a loincloth, which makes the modern major-general's memorization of it unimpressive

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OP7L TIL dancing in clubs after midnight is illegal in Japan
nWKWY TIL: In 1872, the ship Mary Celeste was found adrift in the Atlantic Ocean with its crew missing. Everything was intact, including supplies, but the crew was never found, making it one of the greatest maritime mysteries.
MR67 TIL that dropping a marshmallow onto a neutron star would create an explosion bigger than 1000 hydrogen bombs.
9w5Xr TIL The Brandtaucher, a precursor to the German U-boat built in 1851, sank 60 feet to the bottom of Kiel harbor following equipment failure during a test dive. The three occupants were able to escape afterwards by letting water in, thus increasing the air pressure and allowing the hatch to open.
Eo17 TIL Stone Age Europeans are thought to have created brief “gifs”, by drawing two versions of an image, one over the other, on cave walls. The flickering of a torch light would “animate” the image