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TIL That in the 1500s, Incas had cotton armor so densely woven it could repel spears and arrows almost as well as metal armor

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yQpnp TIL that in 1905, 19 people died playing football. Ten of those killed were aged 17 or younger. People, including President Teddy Roosevelt, called for rules changes. They sought to remove slapping, nosepulling, and biting, but critics thought it would make the players soft.
e0Kk6 TIL that elephants change teeth throughout their life, when they get old this process stops, the last teeth get worn down and they starve, this is the main cause of death for mature elephants.
6BkZ TIL Conan O'Brien follows only one person on Twitter, a randomly chosen fan (Sarah Killen) who, since being followed in 2010, has gone from 3 to 138k followers
dDM97 TIL that during the Battle of the North Cape the cruiser HMS Belfast pursued the battleship Scharnhorst away from the first engagement, risking Scharnhost's guns in order to keep a radar track to guide a second British fleet into position to sink her
OGLoX TIL: A man was discovered to be unknowingly missing 90% of his brain, yet he was living a normal life.