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TIL The only act of international terrorism in the history of New Zealand was from France

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KO76a TIL the diamond shaped patch often found on backpacks were originally used to carry ice axes
9W87 TIL that in 1994 Penn and Teller created a videogame called “Desert Bus” where you do nothing but drive from Tucson, AZ to Las Vegas, NV in real time at 45mph with zero obstacles. It’s said to be one of the worst video games of all time.
PYRXV TIL More people get attacked every year by a cow than by a shark.
lopY1 TIL of Project Valkyrie: a theorized lightweight interstellar spacecraft that could attain 92% lightspeed. Components are tethered, with the crew 10 km away from the antimatter engine. A system would spray liquid droplets in front of the craft to shield against interstellar dust particles.
nePJP TIL that the last execution that happened via guillotine in France happened at the same year as star wars.