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TIL that up to half of the people who buy vinyl records do not listen to them.

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65wZ TIL the Qibya massacre, occurred in October 1953 when Israeli troops under Ariel Sharon attacked the village of Qibya in the West Bank. Sixty-nine Palestinian Arabs, two-thirds of them women and children, were killed. Forty-five houses, a school, and a mosque were destroyed.
M74kb TIL that US troops using flash card apps accidentally revealed classified information about nuclear weapons in Europe, such as vault locations, surveillance camera positions, signs/countersigns, and duress words.
l7YeA TIL of Dina Sinachar, a six year old boy found by hunters who was raised by wolves. He walked on all fours, ate raw meat, howled, and was the inspiration for the jungle book.
XE4yE TIL Due to China’s early discovery and love of ceramics they didn’t produce any glass between the 14th-19th century. This meant they didn’t have mirrors and windows etc, leaving them behind in sciences, as they didn’t make lenses and other things fundamental to science.
W7bQA TIL the experimental ‘Sprint’ anti-ballistic missile went 0 to Mach 10 in only 5 seconds, w 650,000 lbs thrust on a 7,500-lb body. For comparison, a Minuteman III ICBM makes ~200,000 lbs thrust despite weighing >10× more, and a Boeing 747-8 maxes @ ~266,000 lbs while weighing >100× more than Sprint.