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TIL the M2 50 Caliber Heavy Machine Gun of the US Armed Forces and many allies has been in use since 1919.

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RnpQ TIL when the Emperor Nero began to go nuts, he would stage long singing performances wherein the audience would not be allowed to leave. Women gave birth during these performances and men would fake their deaths in the hopes of being carried out just so they could get away.
yQXMp TIL that scientists discovered a cannibalistic ant colony composed entirely of worker ants in a abandoned Soviet Bunker in Poland. They had fallen down ventilation pipes leading into the bunker and reverted to cannibalism to survive. The scientists built a bridge that allowed most of them to escape.
LQxAP TIL the bodyguard assigned to protect Abraham Lincoln left at intermission, got drunk at a saloon and fell asleep. He was fired three years later for falling asleep again on duty.
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WknkN TIL Noted author Neil Gaiman's father, David, was a prominent figure in the church of Scientology in the UK. Neil, at age 7, was interviewed about it. He has long since left the church.