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TIL That Dreamcast games are still being made
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TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart. A veteran of 4 wars. He’s been Shot in the stomach, groin, head, hand, ankle, hip, and leg, chewed off a few of his own fingers, survived two plane crashes and lost an eye.
wogxW
TIL that Royal Navy nuclear submarines monitor BBC Radio 4 broadcasts, and if the signal is interrupted, it allegedly indicates the UK is under nuclear attack.
gMr97
Ever since Morpheus explained how the machines use humans as batteries in The Matrix, we’ve been fascinated by the idea. But can the human body actually generate enough current to do anything useful? We decided to find out, by asking experts how long it would take a human brain to charge an iPhone.
nedP
TIL there is a material that is so dense, “if you had a cubic centimeter…, it would weigh 40 billion tons.”
4dkR
TIL the Texas City Disaster in 1947 was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions, and resulted in the first ever class action lawsuit against the U.S.