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TIL Coffin Torpedoes were invented in the 1800s to prevent grave robberies. They fired if the coffin was opened.

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owMr TIL in the original comics starring The Mask, Stanley Ipkiss (the character played by Jim Carrey in the film) dies in the 4th issue and Lt. Kellaway (the antagonist cop in the film) becomes the new Mask
4VBN TIL, Ancient Greeks and Romans used asbestos to make fire retardant materials so they could be cleaned by throwing them into the fire. Pliny the Elder noted that people who had contact with asbestos-containing materials acquired “sickness of the lungs.”
R77l7 TIL The story about the lynching of WWI veteran William Little is untrue.
OmXg TIL: The US Navy sends medics to the high-volume emergency rooms of LA and Chicago to prep them to be deployed.
GYbp5 TIL: In 1963, an "England vs the rest of the world" football match was held in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of association football. England won 2-1.