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TIL that Roman gladiators and legionnaires ate a vegetarian diet consisting of 78% carbohydrates, mainly from wheat or barley

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R55j1 TIL the US has a population density of only 34 people per square kilometer. By comparison the Netherlands has a density of 457 per km and Bangladesh is at 1087 per km. If the US had the same density as Bangladesh there would be a staggering 10.5 Billion Americans.
kOOed TIL that the term "chain gun" is a registered trademark
KOLpQ TIL that Alan Rickman (known for playing Severus Snape in Harry Potter) was in Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II
GAnBJ TIL Indian King Tipu Sultan made a life sized model of a Tiger mauling a British soldier called 'Tipu's Tiger' to intimidate the British.
X05kE TIL that the landing craft used by the US during D-Day (and in much of WWII) were made mostly of plywood and initially designed for trappers, oil drillers and rum runners. The Navy started using them when they found the boats outperformed their own designs.