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TIL that Benjamin Bradley in 1856 invented the first steam engine powerful enough to fuel a naval ship, but he was unable to patent his invention because he was a slave

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NEL6 TIL there are tribes called ‘Cargo Cults’, who worshipped planes during WW2, believing they were gifts from the gods, and they built their own small airstrips and phoney planes to attract them. Some tribes still exist today.
woK1E TIL the first incident of an online predator was on New Year's Day 2002. The victim was held for 4 days and has since started an advocacy group to educate about online safety for children.
l4B7 TIL A Welsh man has gone broke trying to defend himself again PETA, who are suing him for the copyright of a selfie taken by a Macaque in Indonesia. I just…I don’t have words.
E1MQw TIL that, if you have a permit, it is legal to fire a missile in south carolina.
epjx4 TIL: Gerhard Schrader created Preparation 9/91, an insecticide, for his employers. However, it was too effective and killed users leading to his employers to say he failed. The, however, impressed the Third Reich and he was hired for $20,000 to develop it into Sarin gas as modern poisons took hours.