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TIL that Russia built a computer that ran on water in 1936

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EgW57 TIL The 1964 Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer TV special is in a grey area of copyright due to the fact that the studio mistakenly spelled out the copyright date as 1164 in roman numerals and haven't corrected it since
ZpXNQ Today I learned that if a spider is big enough, it can hiss by moving the hairs on its body a certain way - it sounds somewhere between rustling leaves and a snake
oRN47 TIL in 1943 two Germans were killed while mishandling ammo. The Nazis responded by rounding up 22 locals, forcing them to dig their own graves before execution. In a ploy to save them, Salvo D'Acquisto "confessed" to the crime. He was executed instead of the 22, saving their lives
epPpD TIL that 15million people in the UK tuned in at 10pm on a Sunday evening to watch rubber puppet show Spitting Image - one of the highest post watershed TV audiences of all time.
7rKVX TIL a various points in history, a number of churches in Europe have claimed to possess Jesus's foreskin. And that in 1983, the last known rumored relic went missing from a town near Rome, allegedly stolen by the Vatican.