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TIL Roman sling bullets sometimes had things written on them, such as “Ouch!”, “Catch!” and “I seek Pompey’s asshole”

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p8NGe TIL of the anthropic principle: the idea that any data we collect about the universe is filtered by the fact that, in order for it to be observable in the first place, it must be compatible with the conscious thinking life that observes it. We see, only because we are in a universe that can be seen.
YpNvG TIL the Hindenburg disaster was only the fifth deadliest airship disaster of all time.
9wlQD TIL that on Christmas Eve 1944, a group of lost and wounded US Soldiers and lost and tired German soldiers laid down their weapons and shared a meager holiday meal together. The story became the basis for the 2002 television movie "Silent Night."
ne1Qo TIL about "the Singing Revolution" which happened between 1987 and 1991 in Estonia when people gathered in public places to sing national songs together despite the ban. This and the "human chain" from Estonia to Lithuania were among the events that led to the independence of Baltic states.
LEXd TIL that in 1930, tar pitch was placed in a funnel to prove that it was a liquid, and the 9th drop is estimated to drop in late 2013.