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TIL the parachute was invented hundreds of years before the airplane, with some early parachute concepts dating all the way back to 1470

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rNWoy TIL Enthusiasm was originally used to refer to someone possessed by God and Socrates taught that the inspiration of poets was a form of enthusiasm
v1gYD TIL that French Bulldogs cannot swim because their flat snouts and top-heavy bodies make it hard to keep their heads above water. If you insist on having a swimming Frenchie, you can buy a tiny lifejacket for them---but be sure to supervise them at all times.
Egnkx TIL The Stranger (1946) was the first Hollywood film to include footage of the Holocaust. The film's director, Orson Welles, who saw footage at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in May 1945, described the newsreels as "putrefaction of the soul, a perfect spiritual garbage"
Eg0m7 TIL cats respond to baby talk, but only if it's coming from their owner
dbn7 TIL the hit show “To Catch A Predator” was cancelled in 2008 because an assistant to the Texas DA office shot himself after he was caught talking to and exchanging pictures with a decoy posing as a 13 year old boy.