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TIL the first human created device to break the sound barrier was the bullwhip, as the tip creates a sharp crack which is a sonic boom.

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kOGmm TIL before Cliven Bundy went to prison for his armed standoff against the government, he was partially responsible for keeping alive a strain of ancient crookneck watermelon who's seeds were found hidden in a cave in Arizona in the 1920s.
NXjp6 TIL in a very early conflict of the Revolutionary War, a contingent of North Carolina militia battled British Loyalists armed only with swords in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. In less than an hour, the militia inflicted 50 British casualties and captured 850, while suffering only 2 casualties.
grxmW TIL Canada and the U.S. Celebrate Labour Day on the same date!
XEP76 TIL that the so-called "Spanish flu" was only known as such because WWI wartime censors made sure to keep reporting of illness in their own countries minimal so as to not appear weak. However, the news was free to report on Spain, which was neutral.
9YYgQ TIL McDonalds has sold over 100 billion burgers, selling to 68 million people per day, which is more than the entire population of the UK. They sell 75 hamburgers per second globally.