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TIL in 1898 during the Spanish-American war, Nikola Tesla once invented a remote controlled boat he thought could end warfare.

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wLl61 TIL when we are hit with 60 GHz frequencies using 5G technology, our bodies will not be able to absorb enough oxygen.
6E6xm TIL that on October 8, 1871, three of the worst fires in American history began. The Great Chicago Fire displaced 100,000, the Great Michigan fire burned 2.5 million acres of forest, and the Peshtigo fire remains America's deadliest with 1200-2500 killed.
GLJN TIL that Monsanto, the biotechnology company known for their GMO foods and seeds, was also one of the leading producers of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War
vRaL TIL Mark Knopfler would not allow Weird Al to parody his song “Money for Nothing” unless he was the one to play guitar on the parody.
wLAJW TIL the Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) is a small semiaquatic, globally threatened mammal related to moles and shrews which inhabits Spain, Portugal, Andorra and the French Pyrenees. The desman has webbed feet and a very sensitive and elongated nose which it uses to find its invertebrate prey.