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TIL the cities of Chicago and Washington D.C. have curfews prohibiting anyone under 18 years to be outside after 10-12 PM.

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MeaX7 TIL the last time the British Empire expanded was 1955, when they annexed a tiny rock 300km off the Scottish coast to prevent the Soviets spying on their ballistic missile tests.
Z8xx4 Space is not empty, nor is it silent. While technically a vacuum, space nonetheless contains energetic charged particles, governed by magnetic and electric fields, and it behaves, unlike anything we experience on Earth. In regions laced with magnetic fields, such as the space environment surrounding our planet, particles are continually tossed to and fro by the motion of various electromagnetic waves known as plasma waves. These plasma waves, like the roaring ocean surf, create a rhythmic cacophony that — with the right tools — we can hear across space.
Q8eM TIL In X-men, camera tricks are used to make Hugh Jackman appear shorter because at 6'2 he is almost a foot taller than Wolverine is said to be in the comics… 5'3.
NXmMe TIL that WordStar was once the dominant word processor, in part because of the lack of copy protection. Many books on how to use WordStar became best sellers. Their authors knew that they were really selling manuals for what might have been the world's most pirated software.
kO8vg TIL a CIA project called 'Operation Paperclip' allowed hundreds of Nazi scientists to live freely in the US providing them cushy jobs and a high standard of living. Many of these scientists have committed horrendous war crimes, like experimenting on live humans with chemical and biological weapons