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TIL screws were invented nearly 1000 years before screwdrivers.

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4kL0w TIL Douglas Crafut, an American radiographer, may have committed suicide by radiation poisoning
DyrP TIL Sacagawea was kidnapped at 12, sold as a slave and forced into marriage at 13, and was 15 years old and 6 months pregnant when she joined Lewis & Clark’s expedition.
neR6W TIL Paganism was still practiced in parts of Ireland as late as the 1850s. The idol , Naomhóg was worshiped in the Inishkea Islands and was credited with power over weather, health and potatoes. It was allegedly thrown into the sea by a catholic priest called ‘Big Paddy’ O’Reilly in the 1890’s.
BrJDx TIL The Turboencabulator is a fictional technobabble device and an in-joke among engineers. The idea was invented in 1944 and featured in Time Magazine in 1946, confusing many readers. Companies such as GE and Chrysler have released joke data sheets and training videos for the device.
LQgMZ TIL that Romans used to use urine in clothing dye and even to remove stains from clothes!