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TIL Of ‘Project Thor’: a terrifying weapon system that is shockingly simple - 6 m. Tungsten rods launched from near Earth orbit, invisible to radar, could strike anywhere on earth, impact speed of Mach 10, impact equal to a tactical nuclear bomb but with no explosives.

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VBMk4 TIL that during the French Revolution, Adrienne de La Fayette, the wife of Marquis de La Fayette, was imprisoned. However, before her planned execution, Elizabeth Monroe, the wife of Future President James Monroe, intervened. Not wanting to cut ties with James Monroe, France did not execute her.
P1kjV TIL that the bird lady from Central Park in Home Alone 2 (Brenda Fricker) has an academy award for best supporting actress for the movie My Left Foot
JYgv4 TIL Australian physician Barry Marshall was awarded a Nobel prize for infecting himself with bacterium Helicobacter pylori to show that it caused stomach ulcers, after he was ridiculed and declined funding for his hypothesis that bacteria could survive in acidic conditions
ORMY TIL: Drowning IRL looks nothing like in the movies, and in fact many parents actually watch their children drown, having no idea that it’s happening.
WkrNY TIL most sitcoms two-storey houses will have two staircases going upstairs usually in the living room and in the kitchen. This is meant to provide additional entry and exit points which helps with staging for the characters. Some examples I know: 8 simple rules, Grounded for life and That 70s show.