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1915

TIL that you technically COULD stop a hurricane by shooting at it, if you had ~5000 machine guns firing constantly into the wind for 24 hours straight.

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bAv9 TIL George Lucas refused to send an original print of Star Wars for preservation at the National Film Registry
69NMX TIL that Caesar used the knowledge that the calendar was out of alignment and that it was Autumn instead of Winter and thus safe to sail to beat a blockade and win the civil war against Pompey
JVvk TIL Heinrich Himmler, leading member of the Nazi SS, dry heaved and nearly fainted when witnessing executions that he had ordered.
rNm0o TIL some old Mongolian names are deliberately 'disparaging' to fool bad spirits/diseases into believing a child has already been afflicted. e.g. Sorqaqtani, "Pox girl". Others express frustration, e.g. "Oghul-qaimish", 'next time a boy'.
R77G7 And is it already too late?!