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TIL that a warp drive is plausible

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9YxJm TIL of a 7 year old feral child found in Russia last 2008 who was called The Bird Boy because he lived with birds in a virtual aviary and could not speak, only chirp because his mother never talked to him and he would flap his arms when he was approached by people just like a bird.
8agmV TIL Street Fighter's boxer Balrog was originally named Mike Bison (a parody of Mike Tyson), but Capcom was concerned they could get sued. The name was shortened and given instead to the final boss, who became M. Bison.
ab4b TIL The “couple” in the famous V-J Day in Times Square photo were actually complete strangers, the sailor was drunk and grabbed the nurse who didn’t see him approaching. She later said “That man was very strong. I wasn’t kissing him. He was kissing me.”
XEWWj TIL, animators who failed while working on other projects within Dreamworks, were often sent to work on Shrek. The reassignment was known as being "Shreked" and being sent to "the Gulag".
6OVY TIL that a British military hospital during WW1 was staffed entirely by women. Endell Street Military Hospital in London had only female doctors, nurses, orderlies, and clerks, all of whom supported the movement to give women the vote.