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TIL Harvard University is older than calculus.

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167GO TIL Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) built a speaking machine out of bellows and leather lips that could generate sounds similar to 'ma' and 'pa' in a failed bid to win a bet with Matthew Boulton that he could build a machine to speak the lord's prayer
PYGEV TIL movie theatres charge high prices for popcorn/soda/candy because they only receive a very very small percentage of the actual ticket price. Therefore, they are often forced to make money in other ways to stay afloat.
AmEx TIL there are only 12 people in the world who have ever dived past 790 ft recreationally. That is the same number as the number of people who walked on the moon.
X0kRQ TIL about the Decebalus Treasure found by a Roman army in 106 AD during the Second Dacian War. Decebalus, the last king of the Dacians, diverted the Sargetia River (in modern-day Romania) to bury all his wealth. Someone betrayed him, and the Romans found 330,000 lb of gold and 650,000 lb of silver.
7r9ZZ TIL The word cartoon dates back to the middle ages with the meaning back then being a first draft of stain glass or a tapestry.