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TIL that along with being accused of cannibalism, early Christians in the Roman Empire were considered atheists because they denied all the other gods

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Zp9JB TIL when David Gilmour was having trouble helping an equally frustrated Syd Barrett learn a guitar solo, Gilmour recorded the solo himself and then played it back to Barrett in reverse. Upon hearing the reversed playback Barret was instantly able to play the solo forwards
N0WN TIL that the Nazis actually like Native Americans and considered them Aryans.
XKmX TIL of the Chrysler Air-raid Siren. It was powered by a 331CI Hemi engine that made 180HP. It’s six horns were 3ft long, had an output of 138dB, and could be heard up to 25 miles away. It produced the loudest sound ever achieved by an air raid siren.
7lG7 TIL American Airlines once offered an unlimited flight ticket for $350,000 dollars. It ended up costing them millions when some passengers used the tickets to fly over 30 million miles.
Bwrk TIL Sorrell Booke (the dude who played Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazzard) was fluent in five languages, had degrees from Yale and Columbia Universities, and served in the Korean War as a counterintelligence officer.