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TIL avalanche controllers at Sundance Ski Resort missed and blew up a house with a 105mm howitzer.

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OoGxR TIL that Wilhelm Röntgen didn't know what kind of rays he discovered in 1895, and called them X-Strahlen (X-rays, "unknown rays"). They were later named röntgen rays in a lot of languages, but stuck as X-rays in english
epMe6 TIL that ancient Romans used ‘sponges on sticks’ to clean themselves after using public toilets. These sponges were kept in a container of water and vinegar between uses to clean and disinfect them.
nW87 TIL astronauts have a patch of Velcro inside their helmet so they can scratch their nose.
9w7OD TIL Nellie Bly, the journalist who went undercover as a patient to investigate a mental health asylum, was also the same person to first travel the world in under 80 days
AD0ll TIL that King Tut was mummified with his penis erect