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TIL that straws were first invented by the Sumarians and used for drinking beer.

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ngQP TIL a professor proposed a policy of automatic retaliation that would serve to end rocket attacks on Israel. If a rocket was fired at Israel an automated missile would fire at a arbitrary spot in Gaza without human input, meaning if militants rocketed Israel they would also be rocketing themselves.
EggOP TIL the Ute people of Utah used to use fossilized trilobites as amulets to protect against bullets and diphtheria, and they correctly identified them as a marine creature.
vRJr TIL that in addition to the “hidden” Gamecube start up sound (the one you can hear by holding ‘Z’ on the first controller as the console boots), there is a third start up sound that can be heard by holding 'Z’ on all four controllers at boot.
R7Pv7 TIL that of the 12 Generals who became presidents, only 3 (Washington, Eisenhower, and Andrew Johnson) didn't have bases named after them.
exPL TIL that humans are deuterostomes, which means that when they develop in the womb the anus forms before any other opening (which means we all were at some point nothing but an asshole)