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TIL: The Navy patented an 'inertial mass reduction device', an 'electromagnetic force field generator', a 'high-frequency gravitational wave generator' and a room temperature super conductor in 2019. All created by a mysterious aerospace engineer by the name of Dr. Salvatore Cezar Pais

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XorR TIL the plural, gender-neutral term for “nieces and nephews” is “niblings”
vPyjx TIL of Inalchuq, a governor of the Khwarezmian Empire who appropriated and slaughtered a Mongolian Caravan in 1218, and sold its goods. Protected and supported by his Sultan, his actions would lead to the subjugation and near-genocide of his entire empire and people.
nekEd TIL Pope Clement VII personally approved Nicolaus Copernicus’s theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun in 1533, 99 years before Galileo Galilei’s heresy trial for similar ideas.
rN7nw TIL that Greek combines letters to form letters that don't exist in the Greek alphabet
XEwOQ TIL that a child prince from the Khwarezmian Empire was sold as a slave after the Mongols invaded their land and killed his family. He arrived in Egypt and rose among the ranks until he became Sultan. He then served the Mongols one of their first major defeats in history. A Historical turning point.