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TIL Potatoes were associated with witchcraft and devil worship in 1600s

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QYwa TIL At the time of the Battle of Britain (1940) several nations had functioning radar systems (inc. Germany) but it was the British ‘Dowding system’ that allowed positions of enemy planes to be relayed to fighters in the air, resulting in interception rates of >90% and turning the tide of the war.
P1g7E TIL that the skeletor from he-man was inspired by a real life corpse that scared his creator as a child
b6kO4 TIL the transistor was patented 21 years before a working one was actually created.
Z8kQY TIL the longest war in human history lasted 781 years in Spain between Spanish Christians and Muslim Moors of Morocco. The conflict officially ended in 1492
loJxB TIL: actor Vinnie Jones still holds the record for the quickest yellow card in professional Football history: 3 seconds in to a match.