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TIL machine guns mounted on early propeller aircraft had to be timed to fire bullets through the spinning blades without hitting them

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56o8 TIL Gaius gracchus, the ancient roman politician, had a bounty put on his head to the price of the head’s weight in gold. Although the head was delivered, the prize was never paid, as it was discovered that Gaius’ captor had emptied out his brain and replaced it with molten lead.
m1dpM TIL Ole Kirk Kristiansen, the founder of LEGO, taught his son Godtfred a lesson about quality, by making him finish the final coat of varnish on a consignment of wooden ducks by himself. Godtfred had tried to save the company money by only using 2 coats.
16Gkr TIL: Children from divorced families dies five years earlier on average
jjpE TIL there is a UN document adopted by 178 governments on how to reorient all of human society.
695P8 TIL Martin-Baker, a manufacturer of airplane ejection systems and seats, has a club for everyone who uses their seats to eject and survives