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TIL Johannes Gutenberg introduced the moveable type printing method to Europe, kickstarting the Printing Revolution and enabling the rise of revolutionary ideas like Martin Luther's 95 Theses.

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xgOo TIL F1 driver Damon Hill had cold black tea loaded into his car rather than water so it would heat up during the race giving him a hot beverage.
QJNvL TIL that crawfish don’t have brains. What people actually suck out their heads is a the hepatopancreas, which is similar to eating foie gras
BgQAd TIL that in 1970, fourteen year James Ingraham was forcibly bent over by Florida school staff and paddled 20 times for not leaving a stage on time. His parents sued the school but lost as the Supreme Court upheld the decision and ruled the act constitutional.
kDJ1 TIL dolphins have personal names: unique whistles to which they respond, even when sound is synthesized.
1VgV TIL that in the 1960s there were coin operated machines with live chickens that would play piano, ring a bell or play you in tic tac toe when you dropped in a dime.