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TIL the Soviets had made a prototype laser pistol for use by their astronauts. The pistol was deigned to burn a hole through the spacesuits of enemy astronauts, killing them via suffocation and/or explosive decompression.

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W7pZB TIL the Therac 25, a computer controlled radiation therapy machine, killed six people as a result of a computer bug that allowed the machine to inject lethal doses of radiation into patients.
MeXeV TIL Honey bees initially have up to 21 virgin queen bees, who fight to the death until there is only one.
m1nmv TIL fuel made from grass is called "grassoline"
gMybX TIL: Port Royal, Jamaica, a pirate safe haven in the Caribbean slid into the ocean largely intact during a massive earthquake. Nautical archeologists can now explore entire sections of old buildings underwater.
xVG5k TIL after the murder of his father, Genghis Khan went into poverty, even being enslaved at one point. It wasn’t until he was in his 50’s did he rise to power and become the Khan of Mongolia