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TIL of Edward Leedskalnin, a man with fourth grade education, who solely built the Coral Castle with over 1,100 tons of coral rock, using only hand tools. When asked how, his reply was that he understood the laws of weight and leverage. Today, it is a museum open to the public.

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9wN4r TIL The Nagant M1895 is one of the few revolvers that can successfully use a silencer. This is possible because the ammunition's casing extends over the projectile and the cylinder slides forward when cocked. When fired these elements create a gas seal that prevents gas from venting out the sides.
6NEm TIL 30-ft-long Manatees called Steller’s Sea Cows lived into modernity… within 27 years of being found by European hunters, they were extinct.
kJ8G1 TIL babies can’t be born in space yet.
eLJn TIL there is a giant limestone wall in Bolivia that has over 5000 dinosaur footprints on it. The 462 tracks were made by 8 species over 68 million years ago.
ZpynG TIL that the Hundred Years’ War was actually a 116 year war fought over three distinct periods.