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TIL: considering the natural process of bone properties, development & growth, it’s fundamentally possible for animals to evolve metal skeletons.

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b9Vwj TIL that a factor in the fall of Constantinople was a huge cannon called Basilica that was over 8m long, .75m in diameter, and could fire 270kg stone balls over 1.5km. Basilica took 3 hours to reload, and collapsed under its own recoil after 6 weeks of use. It took 60 oxen and 400 men to transport.
gno8 TIL that the drug cartels are capturing technicians and making them build a private cell phone network
VEd0 TIL that Nigeria has the 3rd largest film industry in the world in terms of earnings. It is nicknamed ‘Nollywood’.
OEo7 TIL that due to various laws that prevent any sex offender from living close to children an entire town was built exclusively for offenders in Florida.
8aejZ TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust, which is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.