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TIL The Romans created the first road signs. Most signs told you how many miles you were from Rome as well as who built the road and who was the last person to repair it.

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epxeb TIL, In 1985, a New Orleans man drowned at a pool party attended by over a 100 lifeguards celebrating a summer with no drownings. After the party, 4 lifeguards who were cleaning found the fully clothed body of 31-year-old Jerome Moody at the bottom of the pool’s deep end.
R79m7 TIL a bit of composite material could greatly inhibit the spread of germs among air travelers, who come in contact with some 3 billion others annually.
dmlE TIL: During 1964, the US FAA bombarded Oklahoma City with sonic booms from 8 supersonic flights per day, 7 days per week for SIX MONTHS! There were more than 15,000 complaints.
kJa6m TIL that Oceangate blew up a 1/3 scale carbon fiber hull model during 6000 psi testing at the University of Washington, shook the whole building, and had to pay for the pressure sensors destroyed.
jNWyE TIL that baby owls sleep down on their stomach because their heads are too heavy. They do that until they are large enough to sleep upright.