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TIL that Gatling gun salesmen would go to Civil War battlefields in order to demonstrate their products in actual combat.

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p86AZ A video of a novel, ancient multiplication method has resurfaced on Twitter. Though the account calls the method “Vedic multiplying,” its real origins aren’t clear—sometimes it’s Japanese, sometimes it’s Chinese, sometimes it’s called line or stick multiplication.
DQx1e TIL Tomato sauce (marinara) wasn’t invented until circa 16th century when explorers introduced tomatoes to Europe and southern Italy
ep5m6 TIL that in the early 1900s, there was a movement to simplify English into a phonetic language (where each letter represents one sound)
lo65K TIL In 2016 Alberto Lopez stole about $5,000 working for the Bank of America. A warrant for his arrest was issued so he moved and kept avoiding the police. He was eventually caught when he went to a job interview as a dispatcher with the... Police Department.
ODb1 TIL that Yoda, from Star Wars, was modeled after the appearance of Albert Einstein.