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TIL Phil Collins is a huge Alamo relic collector and historian.

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awW6J TIL The first recorded use of using a 'V' finger sign as an insult, was a Yorkshire laborer in 1901, who was flipping off the camera man for filming him
mxepp TIL fake Halloween 'cobwebs' trap a lot of wild birds every year.
VMr74 TIL 20 people were killed at an Italian ski resort in 1998 when a US Marine Corps aircraft, flying over 1,600 feet below minimum height standards, cut the cable supporting their gondola. The pilot was acquitted of manslaughter, and the United States reimbursed 75% of Italy's victim compensation fund
9YWmG TIL, fresh snow absorbs sound, lowering ambient noise over a landscape because the trapped air between snowflakes attenuate vibration. That’s why it gets so quiet when it snows
wodG7 TIL that, forgotten dessert from 1920's called 'it girl'. Basically melt marshmallows on the stove, let them cool, and whip them into a foam with a small amount of cream, adding mashed fruit and little juice for flavor.