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TIL An Irish rebel died in 1798…while wielding a 2500 year old sword.

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0weWp TIL nearly all color laser printers code hidden metadata and tracking information into their printouts using hidden yellow dots. Originally designed to prevent counterfeit currency.
Bo4W TIL Dave Matthews is embroiled in a never-ending slap fight with his close friend and guitar builder Brian Calhoun
BgBMd TIL when a chimpanzee that learns an effective method to crack nuts open is placed into a new group that uses a less effective strategy, it will eventually stop using the superior method just to blend in with the rest of the chimps.
lonEr TIL in 1945, Barry Fitzgerald accidentally decapitated his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor while using it to practice his golf swing. The statute was particularly vulnerable because it was made of plaster and painted gold due to the shortage of metal during WWII.
nejD9 TIL That a Southwest Airlines Pilot once held a plane for 12 minutes, to allow a man to see his dying 2 year old Grandson for one last time.