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TIL we can divert lightning with powerful lasers

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OGLe4 TIL about the uncanny valley, which describes the unsettling feeling caused by a robot or computer generated model that looks almost human but is not convincing enough to look like an actual human
mxgBp TIL that the world's longest domestic flight (and the world's longest flight by distance) is a 15728 km flight between Paris and the city of Papeete in the Pacific territory of French Polynesia, which takes between 16-17 hours
NXrJQ TIL that “acclimation societies” used to intentionally introduce non-native species into new environments. House sparrows and starlings were introduced to the US this way. There are now 200 million starlings in North America, and they are listed as one of the 100 worst invasive species.
E4g0 TIL The person who does the voice of Optimus Prime also does Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh
9YJmD TIL that the official name of Canada is still "Dominion of Canada"