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TIL that, despite being widely taught in schools, the idea that different sections of the tongue are exclusively responsible for different basic tastes is a common misconception

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p8QJN TIL the Germans used remote controlled boats during World War I which they loaded with up to 1,500 pounds of explosives and drove directly at enemy ships.
a8kwA TIL During a period of 10 months in 1898, a pair of Lions killed 135 railway workers in Kenya and became known as the 'Tsavo Man Eaters'. During the hunt, one lion had to be shot 9 times. They both became the floor rugs of the hunter until sold to a Natural History Museum.
4kgBR TIL The first joke book was published in 1470 by Poggio Bracciolini, and is characterised by its defecation and scatalogical humour
O9k7 TIL Black Sabbath’s Iron Man is about a man who goes to the future and sees the destruction of the world. When returning to his own time to warn people he is turned into iron and thus mocked. He decides to destroy the world bringing about the end he tried to prevent.
W7vMN TIL that, according to a study of Academy Award speeches, Steven Spielberg has been thanked more often than God.