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TIL British spies used semen as invisible ink during WWI and this method was invented by Sir Mansfield Cumming

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lvlV TIL that Dave Mustaine, Megadeth singer/guitarist, had to re-teach his left hand how to play guitar in 2002. He was diagnosed with radial neuropathy after falling asleep with his arm over the back of a chair leaving him unable to make a fist.
x6XZ0 TIL the sack of Constantinople in 1453 and subsequent closure of the Silk Road by the Ottoman Empire was a main motivator of Europe to seek a western route to Asia
E1vV0 TIL that Sony's Playstation only came to be because Nintendo ended development on an extension for their SNES
4XYZR TIL After the collapse of the Soviet Union; over 50% of the nuclear fuel used in America reactors from 1993-2013 came from demilitarized Soviet-era nukes in Russia. The program was called "Megatons to Megawatts" and over 20,000+ warheads were purchased
rRw6W TIL: The death toll due to 9/11 continues to rise. Cases of "life-threatening illnesses such as mesothelioma and asbestosis" are being newly reported years after the incident, as victims in the vicinity were covered in dust from the World Trade Center, which was created using asbestos