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TIL: Camels served in the US Civil War

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a8dyM TIL: Leonardo da Vinci designed scuba gear for sneak attacks on enemy ships from underwater. The leather suit was equipped with a bag-like mask that went over the diver’s head. Attached to the mask around the nose area were two cane tubes that led up to a cork diving bell floating on the surface.
MRyK TIL that according to English law, the “Right to light” states that the owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more is entitled to forbid any construction or other obstruction that would deprive him or her of that illumination.
4klJR TIL The famous, ethereal high C note that made Allegri's "Miserere Mei, Deus" famous was a result of a scribal error, and not in the original arrangement
rRxWx TIL - While on tour in Germany in 2002 Liam Gallagher and his bodyguards were beaten up. They claimed it was the Russian Mob. It was actually a group of estate agents.
XEEkR TIL that the little spiral wrap around car antennas is there to stop aerodynamic oscillations, not to boost signal or make it stronger