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TIL wood was used for connecting the Parthenon's column drums, preventing them from deformation in case of earthquakes

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VBKYB TIL about how, during World War II, the United States military experimented with using bats as weapons. In a project called "Project X-Ray" or "Project Bat Bomb," the plan was to attach small incendiary devices to bats and release them over Japanese cities.
1abVr TIL that the Seventh amendment of the constitution hasn’t changed since it was written so inflation hasn’t been applied despite being over 200 years old.
yVKyV TIL that in the late 1700's people thought tomatoes were poisonous because rich people ate them on pewter plates which were made of lead
VBnaD TIL that an annual supply of bottled water for a person who consumes 8 glasses a day would cost approximately $200; the same amount of tap water would cost approximately $0.33.
pYVb TIL than Ayn Rand was very pro-abortion. “An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the unborn).”