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TIL In Ancient Sparta boys were punished for not answering questions Briefly and Wittily enough

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m1XXv TIL James Cameron was in talks to direct a Spider-Man movie in the mid-nineties. Leonardo DiCaprio would star in a "gritty" take on the story, but subsequent lawsuits--and Marvel declaring bankruptcy in 1996--canned the project.
wLxQJ TIL that every Honda CR-V from 1997 to 2006 had a picnic table stowed underneath the rear seats.
5peP TIL that The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells released in 1898 inspired Robert Goddard to invent the rocket technology that resulted in the Apollo 11 moon landing 71 years later
yVKZp TIL By recording The French folksong "Au Clair de le Lune"(9th April 1860) Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville was the first human ever to preserve his own voice and send it into the future on a phonautagram using a phonautograph.
lo7ZG TIL "bangers" from "bangers and mash" got its name due to the fact that sausages made during World War I had such a high water content that they would explode when cooked under high heat.