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TIL that we sent people to the moon before we put wheels on suitcases

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P0nO TIL that Sid Vicious was such a poor bassist that when performing with the Sex Pistols his band mates would often unplug his amplifier mid-performance.
kWZE TIL the deadliest sniper in history was a small farmer from Finland named Simo Häyhä, who got over 500 kills in just over 100 days, used no scope, and survived getting shot in the face with an exploding round.
QJweL TIL that when the British East India Company subjugated India, they had just 35 staff members
69dwJ TIL King Henry II of France participated in a jousting tournament in 1559 to celebrate the marriage of his daughter. A lance splintered on his helmet and pushed wood into his eye and brain. He died ten days later. His death led to the decline of jousting in France.
XKpr TIL of The 1916 Umatilla Petticoat Rebellion, a stealth write-in campaign by newly enfranchised women voters that elected female candidates to every open seat of an Oregon town government, with the mayor losing office to his wife.