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DQ0oP TIL Scientists are growing mini brains from human stem cells and are now in the process of integrating with AI
0wZYM TIL: That the French Army has trained eagles from birth in order to take down drones.
rRrZo TIL Slash, Lenny Kravitz and Nicolas Cage were classmates in High School.
4kJB5 TIL about the Toblerone line, a 10 km long Second World War defence line in Canton Vaud (Switzerland). It consists of pyramidal reinforced concrete blocks designed to stop tanks. These lines of defensive blocks can be found all over Switzerland, though more commonly in border areas
VMlb0 TIL about Mill Ends Park, the world's tiniest city park. It's a circle 2 feet (0.61 m) across in the median of a street in Portland, Oregon. It was intended as the site for a light pole, but when no light pole appeared, someone planted flowers instead. It was named an official city park in 1976.