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TIL The modern Western salute originated in France when knights greeted each other to show friendly intentions by raising their visors to show their faces (according to some modern military manuals, though the history is uncertain and other theories exist)

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85Ra TIL in 1985, John Fogerty of CCR was sued for sounding like himself in his solo music. The cost: $1.1 million in legal fees. He pushed it to the Supreme Court to fight the double standard of defendants not being awarded the fees & won, setting a precedent that defends artists from corporate sabotage
4XD4X TIL Friction ridge skin impressions (fingerprints) were used as proof of a person’s identity in China over 2000yrs ago.
mZeP TIL As a kid, Vin Diesel was caught attempting to vandalize a theatre with some friends, and instead of calling the police, the artistic director offered the whole group of them parts in the upcoming show.
8evxL TIL In perfecting the design of their first aircraft, the Wright Brothers built and tested prototypes inside of a Wind Tunnel - to which they credited the bulk of their aircraft’s success.
J0Pl TIL Ben Franklin never patented any of his designs and inventions. He believed “that as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously”