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TIL Scientists made a tractor beam

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R7586 TIL that the Michelin Guide, suspended during WWII, was reprinted for the Allies as it was deemed to have the most up-to-date maps.
xVkw5 TIL that the earliest flush toilets were used by the people of the Indus Valley Civilization (existing from approx. 3300 BC - 1700 BC). Almost every home in the ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa had a flush toilet connected to a common sewage system.
Depe TIL Congressman Hale Boggs was the only member of the Warren Commission who doubted the infamous “magic bullet” theory used to pin the JFK assassination solely on Oswald. In 1972, Boggs disappeared while flying in Alaska and the crash and his remains were never found.
1akW4 TIL: The first person to build a programmable humanoid robot was the Arab Muslim scholar Abu Alîzz Al-Jazari in 1206 AD
4kvXg TIL in 1964, when Kia transitioned from making bicycles to cars, they changed their logo. The Kia logo, for 22 years, looked like an upsidedown "Q".