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TIL we can divert lightning with powerful lasers

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Yp95r TIL that five people died searching for a $2 million treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains twelve years ago, and finally found yesterday

4Xero TIL of a man named Frank Amodeo who had a plan to become emperor of the world. He owned several private security firms employing 40,000 people, met with Bush in the white-house and regularly worked with intelligence agencies world wide. He was busted for tax fraud and he is currently in prison.

78wN7 TIL scholars argue the wizard Merlin was based on a real person — a druid from 5th or 6th-century Scotland who influenced Arthurian legends

Me8Wm TIL in 1959 a group of men transported a piece of iceberg from Norway to west Africa in a truck.

9wPrQ TIL that the first general release film to have a post-credits scene was “The Silencers” (1966). In the scene, Dean Martin’s character “Matt Helm” was lying shirtless on a rotating sofa along with 10 half-clothed women. He then kisses two women before rubbing his face and muttering, “Oh my god.”