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TIL that the first self-propelled vehicle was invented in 1769 by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot, a French engineer and mechanic who was also the first person ever to get into an auto accident.

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gMawD TIL sniper schools use brain games such as ‘Kim's Game’ where items on a tray are memorized for one minute, covered and recalled to train their situational awareness skills.
R5DO9 TIL of the Tlatelo Massacre ahead of the '68 Olympics where Mexican Army Intelligence shot the Army General in charge of the troops providing security in a false flag operation blaming the students so the army opened fire on student protestors.
yVvKw TIL that astronauts have been allowed to vote from space since 1997
6E0Y8 TIL that some people call an end of a loaf of bread a heel.
5YNEn TIL that until 2017, the toilets on UK trains flushed onto the tracks below.