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TIL when it was discovered that individual letters of early Gutenberg Bibles were identical in appearance, a Bible salesman was accused of witchcraft — the red ink text was said to have been written in blood — and thrown in jail.

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w05J TIL that Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s official title was “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.”
ADjr4 TIL as a young boy Yuri Gagarin (first man in space) had his village occupied by nazis, his family forced to work while living in a 3 by 3 meter mud hut for 21 months, saw his little brother being hanged (but saved by his parents) and his two older siblings deported for slave labor (who escaped).
Myw0 Til the army has been testing autonomous sniper drones since 2007, specializing in urban assault
awwBo To build the world’s biggest telescope, you first need to cast, shape, and polish the world’s biggest mirrors.
yQ9ww TIL: The tallest sunflower ever recorded, was 30 Feet and 1 inch tall,It was grown by Hans-Peter Schiffer of Germany.