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TIL sorcery and wizardry are viewed by some anthropologists as crucial parts of modernity - they fully reject claims that magic is antiquated

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Y7DEx TIL that the WR for deepest scuba dive (332.35 m set by Ahmed Gabr in 2014) is highly controversial and likely faked, as there are far too many discrepancies in the provided proof for the dive, some of which could easily have killed him had he actually dived to that depth
OoP7R TIL on 21 September 1956, a F-11 effectively shot itself down after firing a burst 20mm cannons while traveling supersonic speeds and running into it's own bullets.
7rWpP TIL Cormac McCarthy's ex-wife was arrested after she pulled a gun out of her vagina and threatened her boyfriend with it after a dispute about space aliens.
6pD8 TIL that only the basic plot elements of the show “Reno 911!” were scripted, while the dialogue was improvised
ANbK4 TIL In 2022, a Leica film camera from the mid-1920s sold for $15 million, nearly five times the highest estimate. It was one of the 23 Leica 0-Series Prototypes