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TIL there is an outdoor topless co-ed book club in New York to help the de-sexualization of female breasts

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QJgwe TIL that laser canons which "work just like a laser pointer" in operation by the US Navy can shoot down drones silently and instantly, and precisely aim (and burn) enemy ship's engine
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djm9 TIL that Eugene V. Debs conducted his last campaign for president as a prisoner in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary while serving ten years for his opposition to World War I. He received nearly a million votes.
rRBP1 TIL After Roger Ebert gave Baseketball (1998) a negative review, Trey Parker and Matt Stone named an episode of South Park "Robert Ebert should lay off the fatty foods". Roger Ebert was not in the episode or even mentioned.
rRx01 TIL during the Gulf War, the U.S. dropped a 6,800 kg BLU-82 bomb to conduct psychological warfare against Iraqi troops. A British SAS unit that witnessed the explosion assumed the U.S. had used a nuclear weapon and radioed back to their headquarters, "Sir, the blokes have just nuked Kuwait!".