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TIL we can divert lightning with powerful lasers

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0wa05 TIL that actor Christoph Waltz ('Inglorious Basterds', 'Django Unchained') did his own version of the (in)famous 'Trololo' meme song.
vPYKr TIL that there were two contemporary inquiries into the sinking of the Titanic (British and American). The British inquiry focused more on how the disaster had come about, while the American version was much more about who should be blamed.
8eWa TIL It’s illegal to have a fish without a friend in Switzerland.
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