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TIL: Near-perfect ellipsoid lenses have been found among viking artifacts. Hinting that the Vikings likely made telescopes 1000 years ago, 500 years before Galileo.

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GypG TIL there is a carnivorous plant big enough to drown and digest rats.
7rldr TIL, Mark Felt, ex-FBI Ass. Director, had job where he had to find out if Red Cross toilet paper misled consumers into thinking it was endorsed by the US Red Cross.He found that 1)Most people DID use toilet paper &2) did not appreciate being asked about it.He applied & started at FBI the next year.
KBrw TIL the Ferrari Prancing Horse logo originally decorated the plane of Count Francesco Baracca, Italy’s top fighter ace of WWI. The badge was given to Enzo Ferrari after the ace was shot down by his mother, who said “Ferrari, put my son’s prancing horse on your cars. It will bring you good luck.”
ARxl TIL Leonard Nimoy was so associated with Spock’s character he was once invited to the California Institute of Technology to review work on several projects. He later admits not knowing a word of what they were saying, but remained in character.
MeXbB TIL That Prisoners made helmets for the US Military and thousands of them were defective.