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TIL PhD students built a supersonic cannon that can fire pingpong balls that break the sound barrier, and shoot clean through steel cans.

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GYbXj TIL the term "coonass" used to describe Cajuns comes from the French "connasse" which means "dirty whore"
60ym TIL in 1947, James Hanes, the hosiery magnate who started the Hanes brand, helped found the Human Betterment League of North Carolina, driving the eugenics movement in North Carolina, which sterilized 7,600 people who were deemed unworthy of having children.
8aBMb TIL that Blade Runner and The Thing both came out on the same day, received mixed critical reception, and were considered box office flops, and are both now considered masterclasses in their genres.
kOXn1 TIL about Jacques Bergier, a jewish white russian with an eidetic memory, emigrant in France, became a genius in many disciplines and science-fiction editor, resistant and prisoner at Mauthausen camp during WW2, his last words were "I am not a legend".
N7jOE TIL in 1976, 2 NASCAR Cars raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.