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TIL the Pancor Jackhammer, a prolific, fully automatic shotgun seen in 27 video games (such as Fallout 2, Max Payne, Battlefield 3, CSO, and Black Ops 6) never entered production, and only three prototypes were ever made.

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mgQM TIL dolphins will purposeful dose themselves with a potentially deadly neurotoxin by agitating pufferfish. When taken in small amounts, the toxin has a narcotic effect on the dolphins.
Y7kEr TIL One of the only pieces of Hitler's dream reconstruction of Berlin as Germania is an enormous concrete cylinder in the Tiergarten neighborhood. It's called the Schwerbelastungskörper which translates as "heavy load-bearing body." It was to test the load-bearing capability of the ground.
xV6mB TIL of Puputan, a Balinese mass-suicide ritual. In 1906, about 1000 Balinese people marched out and killed themselves ritualistically to avoid the humiliation of surrender to the Dutch. After the ritual concluded, the Dutch stripped the corpses of their valuables and sacked the ruins of the palace.
bm8a TIL X-Men and Star Trek had a crossover
GYXDN TIL that Beethoven's "Für Elise" wasn't discovered until 40 years after his death.