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TIL Jeff Bezos chose books as the thing to first sell on Amazon because it was the product that had the most individual items.

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MenVK TIL The spike on the German Pickelhaube helmet was supposed to function as a blade tip, designed to deflect sword blows aimed at the head. The Pickelhaube offered almost no protection from bullets & shrapnel to German soldiers during WWI.
R7M9a TIL that a black woman named Eunice Foote discovered the greenhouse effect in 1856 but everyone credits Irishman John Tyndell in 1859 instead.
GlXg TIL In 1979 a scholar in Semitic languages from the University of Manchester published a book claiming that the word “Jesus” in the bible has been misinterpreted and that it is really a code for a certain species of hallucinogenic mushroom
pYnwb TIL about Peter Brough, a British ventriloquist with a hugely popular 1940s and 50s radio show. His radio success prompted a move to TV in 1956, which killed his career when his fans realised you could see his lips moving. A later critic wrote "Ventriloquism on the radio - I could have done that."
R7mdj TIL During the shooting of Jurassic Park, the sound design of the T. rex's roar was reportedly a composite of tiger, alligator, and baby elephant sounds. The deadly Dilophosaurus roar was created by combining howler monkeys, hawk screeches, rattlesnake hisses, and swan calls.