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TIL Zildjian (cymbal company) is almost 400 years old

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8aP8b TIL Romans didn't vomit during feasts, a vomitorium is a series of entrance or exit passages in an ancient Roman amphitheatre or theatre.
KY8P9 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.
4kDRg 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.
oBpLE 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.
WNJ9 TIL there is an adapter for a computer mouse to help people who have hand tremors use computers more easily.