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TIL that the wood-frame architecture of the Forbidden City could withstand a hypothetical magnitude 10 earthquake

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Grg7 TIL that sign languages vary dramatically between different countries. American Sign Language is related to French Sign Language, and signers of both can understand each other some, but British Sign Language is unintelligible to them.
6lp7 TIL that members of congress can sign the corner of an envelope and mail it without a stamp using USPS
njZY TIL President Lincoln formed the Secret Service on the same day that he was assassinated
M7yn7 TIL the M60 Light Machine Gun was made from the German FG42, essentially making it a "modernized" version of it.
8aY9b TIL women in ancient Rome didn’t have unique first names, but instead were just named after their family name. (For example, all women from Gaius Julius Caesar’s family were named Julia. Sisters were told apart by using nicknames, such as ‘Julia the Younger’, ‘Julia the Elder’, etc.)