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TIL the wheel was invented thousands of years after boats, woven cloth, rope, sewing needles, baskets and even the flute.

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GYED4 TIL David Bowie founded the “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Men with Long Hair” when he was 17. The BBC interviewed him about it on which he stated “It's not nice when people call you darling and that"
BMKd TIL During the Panic of 1907 John D. Rockefeller, the wealthiest man in America, pledge half of his wealth to maintain America’s credit.
QJyx6 TIL the dodo bird was not unintelligent but simply evolved docile behavior in response to a lack of predator on its native island of Mauritius. Humans took advantage of this behavior, haunted it to extinction, and then made it a universally recognized symbol of unintelligence.
78M8P TIL although the US Coast Guard is the second smallest US military service branch in terms of membership, the service by itself is the world's 12th largest naval force.
D1QBr TIL In 1976, the Soviet Union developed keyloggers for IBM Selectric typewriters tracking the ball motion and transmitting content from American Embassy typewriters for years