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TIL that the American inventor Isaac Newton Lewis—creator of the Lewis Gun used by America and her allies in WWI—turned down more than $1.2 million in royalties for his invention, equivalent to $35.5 million in 2022 terms

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W7wgB TIL in 1795, the French Revolutionary Army captured the 14 warships of the Dutch fleet anchored at the Zuiderzee bay next to Den Helder with a regiment of hussar light cavalry. "A capture of ships by horsemen is an extremely rare feat in military history."
X09dQ TIL the name “Phoenix” for the capital of Arizona stems from the history of the city being built on previously constructed canals by the Hohokam, just as the Phoenix in mythology rises from the ashes of its former iteration
QJdm6 TIL that Smithfield Foods, based in Virginia and the largest producer of pork in the world, has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Chinese holding company since 2013
GMl1 TIL When worn on deployment, US Flag patches on uniforms are infrared so soldiers can be identified as friendly by others looking through night vision goggles
BXpr TIL that ironically, Reading Rainbow was actually canceled BECAUSE of No Child Left Behind.