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TIL the Romans had multi tools long before the Swiss made them.

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6eB8 TIL that there are 3 places in the world (all of them in Russia), in which the difference between record high and record low temperatures is higher than 100 degrees Celsius (or 180 degrees Fahrenheit)
XmZj TIL when you get blackout drunk you don’t actually forget anything. Your brain wasn’t “recording” in the first place.
Q0ME TIL that the Nijō Palace in Kyoto has special floors that squeak when walked upon, a sound that is very similar to the Nightingale birds. So when attackers tried to kill the Shogun, they would give their position away, but would only think that the birds outside are chirping.
5LpD TIL that before his Moon walk, Buzz Aldrin took communion secretly. Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair had brought a lawsuit against NASA objecting to the Apollo 8 crew reading from the Book of Genesis. O'Hair demanded that astronauts refrain from broadcasting religious activities while in space.