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LkGDP TIL that the oldest firearms still used by the American military are the M2.50 caliber machine gun and the Colt .45 M1911 pistol. Both were designed by John Browning more than a century ago.
d8yWB TIL that in 1896, Irish-American inventor Patrick Cunningham sabotaged a town rally for presidential candidate William McKinley by firing his rocket-powered "flying devil" torpedo down the main street.
9YvNM TIL in the 1600s to avoid slavery a group of Africans on St. Vincent Island acquired the customs and language of the Native American group Kalipona so that Europeans would consider them to be native and leave them alone.
xVx4w TIL that Pixar's Cars lost the 2006 Best Animated Feature Oscar to Happy Feet, which used motion capture technology. Their next film, Ratatouille, has a stamp in the credits saying "100% Genuine Animation! No motion capture or any other performance shortcuts were used in the production of this film"
78PYb TIL of Becky Schroeder, who was issued her first patent when she was 12 years old. Granted in 1975, her patent was for the glow in the dark backing sheet. The "Glow Sheet" would be used by NASA astronauts, nurses and sailors to write in the dark