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TIL That the ‘Warp Core’ shown in “Star Trek: Into Darkness” is not a set piece or prop, but actually the experimental nuclear fusion reactor at The National Ignition Facility.

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ADLDa TIL Tomomasa Nakagawa, a former doctor sentenced to death in 2011 for his involvement in VX and sarin attacks, including the 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo’s subway system, determined that Kim Jong Nam was attacked with VX before the announcement from Malaysian authorities.
dOLr TIL to combat the technological advantage the US had over Japan in WW2, Japanese officers spread the idea that radar was an ineffective device since they already had, “Perfectly good eyes.”
DQYJp TIL Pizza companies Domino's, Little Caesars, and Hungry Howies are all headquartered in Michigan
ANlaa TIL about Susanna M. Brandt who was drugged/raped, gave birth as a consequence, then killed the child. During her court case the poet Goethe and his family spent time trying to help her case; though ultimately executed by beheading with a sword. Goethe's 'Faust' was partially influenced by her.
pLVZ TIL that the phrase blood is thinker than water, a phrase that promotes family ties over friendships, originally meant the opposite. The full phrase is “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” Meaning blood shed in battle bonds soldiers more strongly than genetics.