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TIL that people used to believe geese grew on trees

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VMmW0 TIL that the beloved British dish of fish&chips was the result of Portugeuse Jews fleeing the Inquisition and bringing their fried fish dish and potatoes losing their bad reputation as gross and poisonous, becoming a European staple.
a8orb TIL the University of Nevada - Las Vegas college of engineering is named for Howard Hughes
PYRDg TIL that human thigh bones apparently make excellent weapons in close combat; Especially thigh bones, which were prized by New Guinean warriors as materials that would often be carved into exceptionally strong, fierce daggers.
8a184 TIL the aeroplane was invented just 4 years after the car was (1886 -> 1890)
4nD6 TIL Charles Cros invented both a method of colour photography and the phonograph. While Cros submitted his ideas to the French Academy of Sciences first, he never managed to patent them first.