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TIL the English word for Trombone used to be Sackbut
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TIL That pencils never actually contained lead, people just called it that cause they thought graphite was a type of lead.
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TIL that just one white European has ever run a 100m race in under 10 seconds.
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TIL Shenzhou 3, launched in 2002, lasted 6 days and carried a dummy into orbit to simulate physiological signals of a human — palpitation, pulse, breathing, eating, metabolism, and excretion
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TIL that NASA total spending since 1958 has been close to $1.17 trillion adjusted to inflation. This worth less than two year of US Military Budget combine.
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TIL that the first African slaves brought to North America in 1526 revolted, escaped, and integrated themselves into Native American communities.