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TIL Alexander the Great's army conquered the world while wearing armor made of linen that could stop any arrow made at the time.

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6E7l8 TIL giraffes were thought to be nearly completely silent because their long necks make vocal vibration difficult. However, researchers spent 8 years recording almost 1000 hours of audio at three zoos and discovered that giraffes produce a deep, spooky humming noise, almost like tantric chanting.
Bg7nW TIL There’s a Christian Furry community
wPK1 TIL that the ‘great prosperity’ period lasted from 1947-1977. We now live in the 'Great Regression’ period
l7KQV TIL about Malbolge, a programming language designed to be nearly impossible to use. It took 2 years for the first program to appear and its author has never written a program with it.
5WbB TIL Nestle’s enormous California (water) bottling plant is on an Indian reservation so they don’t have to adhere to government water restrictions during droughts or report on how much water they’re actually using.