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TIL Liquid Helium is the perfect element to keep the superconductive magnets in MRI machines cold

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9wNXm TIL that the rare and ancient coelacanth fish give birth to live offspring called "pups"
p8VJG TIL during a simulated military exercise in the Persian Gulf, the opposing force wiped out the US fleet in just 2 days using low tech strategies. The rules of the exercise were subsequently changed to ensure an overwhelming US victory was the final result.
8e6d8 TIL about Bogdan Zerajic, whose failed assassination attempt inspired Gavrilo Princip to assassinate Franz Ferdinand two years later, sending the world into World War 1.