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TIL Archaeologists have found slingshot balls engraved with “Take that!” or “Catch!”, dating from 4th BC Greece.

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WOE8 TIL Max Planck’s wife and all four of their children died tragically. Their second son died in WWI, their daughter died during child birth, her twin sister married the widower and herself also died during child birth and the remaining son was executed for a failed assassination attempt on Hitler.
p8WNQ TIL In curling, good sportsmanship and politeness are essential. Congratulating opponents on plays and abstaining from trash talk are part of what’s known as the “Spirit of Curling.”
886P TIL that in 2011, Argentina’s government forced McDonald’s to sell Big Macs at artificially low prices so that the country’s performance would appear better on the The Economist’s Big Mac Index
KOQba TIL Peter Benchley regretted writing JAWS. Later in life, he became an ocean activist and wrote books advocating shark conservation.
8ajnX TIL when they invented bra sizes 80 years ago, the biggest cup size expected was a D cup