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TIL about "whitecapping" a violent lawless movement in the 19th and 20th centuries to enforce community standards, appropriate behavior, and traditional rights.

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x6BN1 TIL about the Italian standard LMG during WW2, designed for alpine climate but used in deserts, it had a violent recoil, clips only held 20 rounds, they had to be oiled before they were inserted, it frequently overheated and exploded, and had a rate of fire comparable to a semi-automatic rifle.
50yP TIL Frankie Muniz of Malcolm in the Middle had a career in professional car racing after the show ended
O08R TIL That the current US flag was designed by a 17 year old who originally got a B- grade for it.
d8rkB TIL About Antonio Meucci, a poor inventor who created a working prototype of a telephone years before Alexander Graham Bell, but lost his patent due to not being able to pay a ten dollar fee to keep the caveat.
MeQEB TIL that corgis are stallions to fairies according to Welsh folklore.