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TIL some of the earliest carbon steel was made by the Haya people of East Africa ~2000 years ago in furnaces that reached 1800°C

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VBv4Z TIL that one of the first hull losses of an F-16 happened when a Pakistani Air Force F-16 collided with a wild boar during takeoff.
lexa TIL that Lena Dunham did not in fact rise from obscurity. She was born to old-money artists and was mentioned in Vogue at the age of 12 and had an article written about her in the New York Times at the age of 16
16KLd TIL that Yoko Ono is 92
6PnZ TIL that cats bring their owners dead animals because it’s their way of saying you suck at hunting and you need to learn how…
J1aAk TIL Sea Otters use rocks as tools.