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TIL that, hours before his death, Einstein was still attempting to prove his Theory of Everything.

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nr4d TIL there is a tribe called the Sentinelese who live on a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. For thousands of years they have refused all contact with the outside world. Using only stones and arrows, they have successfully repelled Arabs, Persians, Indians, Europeans, and a fucking helicopter.
QJaL TIL that during their long literary feud, Norman Mailer once floored Gore Vidal with a punch. Lying there, Vidal joked: “As usual, words fail him.”
JYpQV TIL after the Vietnam war, Vietnamese farmers reused external fuel tanks dropped from US aircraft to create makeshift canoes and riverboats.
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neMKo TIL The first emperor of China had a Terracotta Army sculpted and buried with him so he would be protected in the afterlife. The sculptures are life sized and appear to each have unique facial features.