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W77WA TIL in 2002 while on holiday, Paleontologist Gerard Gierlinski accidentally stumbled upon what are thought to be the oldest human-like footprints ever discovered, dating to around 5.6 million years ago
r5bd TIL that the myth of Pandora’s box was originally “Pandora’s Jar” but through a bad translation it became accepted as a box.
R5NQl TIL about the Amphicar, an amphibious automobile from the 1960s. US President Lyndon B. Johnson owned one, and he was known to frighten visitors at his ranch by driving them downhill directly into his property's lake, all the while shouting that he had malfunctioning brakes.
rRapd TIL before the Internet, Chess player's used to play each other all over the world by taking turns mailing a postcard to each other describing the move they had made.
awpd0 TIL that, when asked to investigate the space shuttle Challenger disaster, Richard Feynman wrote a very critical report about NASA's safety policy concluding: "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."