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grBLA TIL of the ultimate WWI Glory Hole. A latrine and a hole in a paper shack lead to a technological discovery that lead to pinpointing enemy artillery
Y5eB TIL that the idea of every fingerprint being completely unique is false, as there’s evidence of fingerprints so similar they were able to misguide sensors.
9YWEQ TIL that Isaac Newton was elected to parliament to represent Cambridge. It is reported that the only time Newton spoke in parliament was to say, "The window needs closing."
epW9b TIL that The Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands was an joint stock association, incorporated in 1553. It led to the commencement of English trade with Russia, Persia and elsewhere, and became known as the Muscovy Company
N7PbQ TIL of Maudie Hopkins, the last widow of a Civil War veteran, she died at 93 in 2008. At 19 years old, she married 86-year-old William M. Cantrell on February 2nd, 1934.