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TIL that out modern civilization would probably not have been possible if not for the development of glass

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DXxj TIL of the Scythian Philosopher Anacharsis “Laws are spider-webs, which catch the little flies, but cannot hold the big ones.”
rM5e TIL that a woman created a fake facebook profile of a teenage girl and sent a friend request to her husband, then used transcripts of their conversations to get him arrested. He was freed and all charges were dropped when he produced a notarized affidavit, proving he knew it was her all along.
0wy1A TIL that 1% of fighter pilots accounted for 50% of fighter pilot kills in the American army Air Force during WWII
BOnW TIL that Robert Kennedy was the first to announce to the city of Indianapolis that MLK had been assassinated. He gave such a great speech that Indianapolis was one of only a few cities that did not riot in the following days.
X0Jer TIL that a study in 2010 in the UK found that "overall, alcohol was the most harmful drug...with heroin...and crack cocaine" in 2nd & 3rd places.