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TIL …that Al Qaeda targets and kills more Muslims than anyone else…

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WkZ8B TIL in 1922 Raymond DeWalt invented the Radial Arm Saw, with the first saw blade driven directly by a motor. Naming it the "Wonder-Worker," he then started the DeWalt company which still exists today. Once a versatile staple of home workshops, the Radial Arm Saw is in extremely limited use today.
76gr TIL that the city of Pompeii was covered in graffiti, including one case saying “Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!”
4pG5 TIL After the Titanic disaster, White Star Line equipped her identical sister ship, Olympic, with extra second-hand collapsible lifeboats, many of which were unseaworthy. Many of the ships crew went on strike in protest, so White Star Line prosecuted them with Mutiny, and hired an inexperience crew
X5Qr TIL Actor Steven Seagal was Sued for Driving a Tank into a House, Killing a Puppy during a Police Raid
epNO6 TIL philosopher Joseph Levine’s 1983 paper introduced the “explanatory gap” noting while “Pain is the firing of C fibers” is physiologically valid, it doesn’t make us understand how pain feels. Showing the challenge physicalists face in connecting physical properties to subjective experiences.