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TIL, In Greek, Beta is pronounced like a V and MP is used in place of B

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xVlPw TIL in the 1960s the United States designed a practical plasma weapon for a space battleship
R7yga TIL That according to the 12th amendment of the US Constitution, if the president and vice president candidates on the same ticket were from the same state, they could not get any electoral college votes from their home state.
mx17o TIL The longest-lived animal ever found was a 507 year old clam
M7KrW TIL that from 1928 to 2016, no Republican won the presidency without Richard Nixon or a Bush on the ticket
P1rmE TIL about Oradour-sur-Glane, a village in France where the SS massacred its 642 inhabitants—men, women, and children. It stands today as a memorial to the victims