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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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0wmgy TIL In 1919, Fritz Pollard became one of the first African-Americans to play in the NFL.One year¹ after making his debut,Fritz led his Akron Pros to their first ever NFL championship.The next year,Pollard became a player-coach with the same team and in effect became the NFL's first black head coach.
grYX8 TIL M. Night Shyamalan wrote the screenplay for Stuart Little.
8w1V TIL every Singaporean-registered vehicle leaving Singapore must have at least a three-quarter-full gas tank to discourage Singaporeans from going over to Malaysia simply to buy cheaper gas.
0j75 TIL then PM of Australia, Ben Chifley, would regularly receive calls on his secret direct line from housewives trying to order meat as the number was similar to the local Butcher’s. Instead of embarrassing the callers, Chifley would take down their orders and pass it onto the Butcher.
pvVb TIL 15 year-old Michael Cera had to be told why George Michael should be concerned about Maeby sitting on his lap going down a bumpy road.