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TIL: The Finnish Stopped Soviet Mines from Exploding by playing a Single Polka Song on Repeat

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j6A0n Today I Learned: In 1679 Papin invented his steam digester (pressure cooker), a closed vessel with a tightly fitting lid that confines the steam until a high pressure is generated, raising the boiling point of the water considerably. A safety valve of his own invention prevented explosions.
WNVX TIL in the MMO game, EVE Online, there’s a fleet (alliance of players) that names their space stations after spoilers from major TV shows, movies, games, etc. in order to deter enemy fleets from attacking them. (WARNING: Spoilers in the source)
VrdB TIL George Washington was so afraid of being buried alive that he asked his staff to wait two days after his death to be buried.
0w4M5 TIL One year after graduating from West Point near the top of his class in 2008, Second Lt. Lawrence J Franks Jr got on a plane to Paris & spent the next 5 years in the French Foreign Legion under an assumed name. Afterward he turned himself in to the US Army & was sentenced to 4 years for desertion
GnyN TIL MIT Predicts That World Economy Will Collapse By 2030