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TIL that it's possible to weld wood by pressing two pieces together while one is vibrating at a high frequency

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wL6W1 TIL that Tsar Bomba (most powerful explosive ever detonated by mankind; 4000x Hiroshima; 59 mi high mushroom cloud 10x height of Mt. Everest) was dropped with a parachute so the release plane could fly 28 miles away, giving the crew a 50% chance of survival...
B07k TIL that the author of the science fiction novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, published in 1968, said “There will come a time when it isn’t ‘They’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me’.”
Melx8 TIL that between 1993-2000, a man only known as “REVS”, spray painted his autobiography, page by page, all over New York City’s subway tunnels. He spray painted over 200 pages.
yQ9je TIL France bans all non-court ordered paternity tests in a desire to "preserve the peace."
6NK8 TIL Fox News owner also owns a porn empire.