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TIL English inventor Joseph Merlin designed the first roller skates for a masquerade party in 1760. Not bothering to practice, he smashed into a wall length mirror upon entrance.

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8MMG TIL there is a inflatable space habitat in earth orbit since 2006 to prove that it works
rRpyd TIL that Japan withdrew funding from UNESCO after Nanjing Massacre documents were inscribed in the UN body’s Memory of the World list.
n817 TIL that at times Romans would flood the entire Colosseum with water and have ship battles for fun. This was originated by Julius Caesar in 46 BC on ocassion of his quadruple triumph
xVDNk TIL in 16th century France, a lawyer successfully defended a group of rats in a court of law, which accused them of eating the barley-crop of local farmers. The court put up posters in nearby towns summoning the rats to court and asked the townspeople to move their cats indoors for their safety .
78YPr TIL in 2013, a body of a woman was found in a water tank on the roof of a hotel in LA after guests of the hotel began complaining about low water pressure and water that was "colored black and had an unusual taste".