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TIL a trebuchet can launch a 90kg projectile over 300m

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1aXAP TIL there are only three native land mammals to New Zeal, and all three are Bats.
8e5PL TIL King Sennacherib, a king of ancient Assyria from 704-681 BC, issued some of the earliest parking laws in recorded history. 'No Parking' signs were placed along a main road through the capital, Nineveh. The punishment for a parking violation was death, followed by impalement outside one's home.
ANa07 TIL that following the 9/11 attacks, shopping channel QVC replaced their live broadcast with a message telling people to watch the news instead
OomD4 TIL that the Montreal Protocol to protect the Ozone layer was the first treaty in UN history to have been accepted by all member states. If the treaty and it's actions had not been accepted, the ozone layer would've been so degraded by 2070 that just 5 minutes in sunlight would burn you.
KOpgJ TIL Roman Emperor Nero used to dress in disguise to rob stores and mug civilians. One night he picked the wrong man, a senator named Montanus, who beat him within an inch of his life. Montanus later realised his error and apologised profusely, however Nero made him commit suicide as recompense.