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TIL Tommy Smothers was present for the recording of Give Peace A Chance

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nexLd TIL that the Royal Air Force, in order to hide their success of identifying Luftwaffe bombers at night, made up a story about how carrots are good for eyesight. This was done so Germany wouldn’t know it was radar. A story told almost 80 years ago is why people still believe this myth today.
BrYox TIL in Europe between 1550 and 1700 over 80,000 people were tried for witchcraft and half were executed - often burned alive. Data shows it was most intense where Catholic-Protestant rivalry was strongest and the phenomenon reached its zenith when there was “peak competition for Christian consumers"
NvrN TIL In 1959, Volvo invented the 3-point seat belt, then gave free license to all other car manufacturers to use it. [x-post from r/Autos]
ANYd TIL that not a single engineer made it off the Titanic: they stayed and kept the power on so others could escape.
JWkB TIL in 1936, 30 Toronto men were arrested for removing the tops from their bathing suits and showing their nipples