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TIL that human thigh bones apparently make excellent weapons in close combat; Especially thigh bones, which were prized by New Guinean warriors as materials that would often be carved into exceptionally strong, fierce daggers.

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16g14 TIL about state adjutants general, who are the commanders of their state's military forces. They are appointed by the Governor in all states and territories that have them (the CMNI and AS doesn't), except for DC where POTUS appoints, and Vermont whose General Assembly elects for a 2-year term.
5Y6Vp TIL that in medieval Romania there was a little chamber in the grounds of a fortified church in which couples, whi were thinking about divorce were send and locked up to six weeks in order to repair their relationship. Suprisingly it was very effective.
6EXWl TIL that there is a project called the innocence project aiming to revoke wrongful convictions through DNA tests. They have recently exonerated a man who spent 36 years in prison for a crime he did not commit
l7KjB Today I Learned that an indian Couple Sold their 8-Month-Old Child For an iPhone 14 so they could make Instagram reels.
rNYvw TIL René Just Haüy founded the science of crystallography after he accidentally broke a piece of calcite and discovered that they cleaved along straight planes that met at constant angles. He broke more pieces to confirm his discovery and developed the theory of crystal structure.