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TIL: Einstein designed an unworkable wing airfoil based on a flawed knowledge of how wings work

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pKpG TIL of George Stinney, the youngest person ever executed in America, at 14. He was wrongly charged for murder after finding the bodies of two white girls in South Carolina.
b6vWa TIL that British prisoners were considered unsuitable for farm labour as being "particularly arrogant to the local population" and "particularly well treated by the womenfolk"
xn10 TIL that at his death in 1937, John D. Rockefeller’s fortune accounted for more than 1.5% of the US GDP, equivalent to $250 billion in today’s money
7K8b TIL that Volkswagen sells sausages and ketchup. It is also their best selling product, selling millions more than their cars.
6rwX TIL That Jim Caviezel, the Actor that Played Jesus Christ in “The Passion of the Christ”, Was Struck By Lightning While Filming on Set.