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TIL Scientists have developed tactile hologram technology that can be felt and interacted

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kL4d TIL the blades in a Rolls Royce jet engine are so technologically advanced and intricately designed that each blade is roughly worth the price of an average family car.
pYpO TIL that in 1990 an unemployed French physicist attempted a one-man invasion of an island and was arrested while reloading his gun on a bench by the island’s volunteer constable.
p718 TIL that in 2007 a recording of the Kent State shootings was discovered that shows that guardsmen were ordered to fire. The DOJ determined there were insurmountable legal obstacles to reopening the case.
QevX TIL Van Halen’s “no brown M&Ms” clause was to check that venues had adhered to the safety standards in the contract. If there were brown M&Ms, it was a tell tale sign they had not.
OKOe TIL Domestication is different from taming. You can tame many wild animals so they won’t try to kill you, but domestication requires a change at the genetic level.