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TIL Polish craftsmen arrived in colonial America before the Pilgrims did

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VREm TIL Over 2000 years ago, Eratosthenes of Cyrene managed to calculate the Earth’s circumference without ever leaving Egypt and he was accurate to within 2%
LQybQ TIL that the heaviest production car in history was the ZIL-41047 limousine used in Russia. It weighed It weighed 7,846 lbs (3,550 kg), and used 75 mm. (3 in) armor-plated steel for protection in key areas. This was used by president Mikhail Gorbachev till 1991.
grno4 TIL Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt was allergic to moon dust.
6Em7w TIL that the practice of indoor gardening dates back to ancient times. Initially, in ancient Egyptian, Indian and Chinese civilizations pot plants were used in outdoor settings in courtyards.
p8NXb TIL The first purpose-built (and large-scale produced) drone was the product of Reginald Denny. He served with the British Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and after the war, in 1919, emigrated to the United States to seek his fortunes in Hollywood as an actor.