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TIL Zildjian (cymbal company) is almost 400 years old
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TIL Romans didn't vomit during feasts, a vomitorium is a series of entrance or exit passages in an ancient Roman amphitheatre or theatre.
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TIL about the sea spider which can grow up to 2.3 feet, uses its legs to pump oxygen instead of the heart, and can have up to 12 legs.
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TIL Earth is currently going through an Ice Age, which started 3 million years ago, however, 11,000 we entered a warm inter-glacial cycle.
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TIL the United States only lost 1 of its first 50 conflicts. Every other war was either a US victory or had no clear victor. The first official defeat was in Red Cloud's War (1866) against the Lakota Tribe. Since then, the US has lost 5 out of 65 conflicts, for a total 95% win rate.
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TIL there is an adapter for a computer mouse to help people who have hand tremors use computers more easily.