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TIL about Leonardo Da Vinci's Self Supporting Bridge. This Bridge has NO Nails, Screws, Glue Or Fasterns. Just Friction And Gravity

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D16ZP TIL that John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is tall – 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), compared to the actors playing hobbits at around 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) so the filming was much easier because he had a perfect proportion to the hobbit actors
PY07E TIL in 1962, 7 years before America developed ARPANET Soviets were working on their version of internet called OGAS, the project was abbandoned in 1970 because Soviet Leaders feared it would undermine their control over the economy and country.
yV8lv TIL all dogs have 3 eyelids
Z8K5B TIL that the first European scientists to examine a Platypus body thought that it was fake, believing it was made of several other animal pieced together
40xa TIL that Mario was named after Nintendo’s landlord, who burst in demanding his rent back during a company discussion regarding the character’s name