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TIL Martha Stewart used to be a model and even did a campaign for Chanel.

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loPkr Today I learned that the first Steam Engine was invented in Alexandria,Egypt in the 1st century AD. The Egyptians couldnt find any practical use to it and the tecnology was lost in history until beeing re-invented in the 17 century!
Grog TIL Michael Jordan’s father was murdered. The famous picture of Jordan crying while holding the trophy was the first NBA Championship win since his father died. The day Jordan and the Bulls won that title happened to be on Father’s Day.
1aDZP TIL that during the Battle of Boulogne on 23 May 1940, a shell from the British ship HMS Venomous made a German tank turn "over and over, like a child doing a cart-wheel".
neGyW TIL that the island of Great Britain was formed by the collision of the Laurentia Craton and the Microcontinent Avalonia, known as the Caledonian Orogeny, the border of which is coincidentally similar to the borders of present day England and Scotland.
x6Pk1 TIL that NASA engineers designed a make up kit because they thought female astronauts would want make up in space