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TIL: After suing Facebook for deleting his profile, Jason Crawford (from Georgia, USA) was awarded $52K USD.

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4kyrg TIL: The Fire Lance was one of the first gunpowder based weapons and is seen as an ancestor of firearms. A pyrotechnic device is attached to a polearm which gives it flamethrower and shotgun like effects, but only for one or two shots. The Mongols feared the weapon after the Jin used it in 1233
nek9 TIL that Google Earth is censored by the Dutch goverment in an unique way.
WkLJL TIL of “Gay Bob”—one of the first homosexual dolls ever made. The anatomically-correct doll came out in the 1978 amid tons of controversy and was stored in a box made to look like a closet. Esquire awarded the toy the “Dubious Achievement Award” and the toy sold remarkably well throughout the year.
6P0m TIL NASA is developing 3D printed pizzas for astronauts
epdpb TIL there’s a German Sesame Street