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TIL After his execution, the skin of slave-rebellion leader Nat Turner was turned into souvenir purses

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1aKbX TIL when Major Winters complained to Tom Hanks about the historical accuracy of 'Band of Brothers', Tom Hanks turned around, stated he was a genius, and said he was lucky to have it as accurate as it was. Tom estimates the show to be about 17% accurate to historical events.
BgEwy TIL about the Summerland disaster, where on 2nd August 1973 a leisure centre on the Isle of Man caught on fire, killing 50 people and injuring dozens more due to poor design and the use of unsuitable, flammable building materials
MEO8 TIL some military vehicles are equipped with an multi-microphone system called a “boomerang” that can locate the direction of enemy gunfire as well as the shooter’s range and azimuth (elevation) after the first shot.
QJjeE TIL Gonads are an actual medical term
BgR4r TIL those super common dissolvable packing peanuts you can melt with water can be composted