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TIL That Russians don’t like to smile out of politeness because it is deemed a sign of stupidity

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j6oAM TIL There were several mishaps on the way to bomb Nagasaki,1945. In the rush to launch before bad weather, shortcuts were taken that imperiled the mission, and the plane nearly ran out of gas.
46m5 TIL someone invented a circular sling shot or torus device called a “SlingATron” to launch things into space.
nWl8W TIL Female dogs can have a False Pregnancy that mimics the symptoms of real pregnancy, including producing breast milk
R5NAQ TIL that the man commonly credited with inventing the sandwich was in charge of the Royal Navy during the American Revolution. His incompetent leadership was a factor in the American victory. It was said about him that "Seldom has any man held so many offices and accomplished so little."
dD0Z8 TIL In the 1500s, a priest named Diego de Landa asked a Maya scribe to produce an alphabet of his language and write a sentence. The sentence the scribe wrote was "Ma’ in k’áati’" (I don't want to). The sentence was deciphered in the late 1900s as Maya writing is syllabic, not alphabetic.