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TIL about the Icarians, a French-based utopian socialist movement in the United States, established by the followers of politician and journalist Étienne Cabet, who invented the word "communism" in 1839.

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nZ9W TIL of the LeMat 9-shot revolver produced between 1856 and 1865 which can also shoot a central buckshot cartridge by flipping a lever connected to the firing hammer. A version of this weapon can be seen sported by Ed Harris’ character in the new HBO Westworld series.
QJPyd TIL that during WWII a group of prisoners at Auschwitz succeeded in blowing up one of the crematoriums using gunpowder smuggled one teaspoon at a time from the nearby munitions factory where some prisoners were forced to work.
4kaLa TIL That pencils were painted yellow to appeal to the Asian market. Yellow represented health and prosperity.
gZBA TIL The three highest-paid people in the Pentagon are football coaches
Ekew TIL we refer to money as ‘bucks’ because we used to trade with deerskin