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TIL Military dogs are traditionally ranked higher than their handlers, to make sure there's severe punishment for mistreating them

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9oO6 TIL that in 1890, few years before establishing the Nobel Prizes, Alfred Nobel wrote “On the day when two armies will be able to annihilate each other in one second, all civilized nations will recoil from war in horror and disband their forces”
DQanP TIL During the 1990's, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo unsuccessfully experimented with anthrax, botulinum toxin, cholera, Ebola, and Q fever.
Bra9D TIL Michael Buffer the "Let's get ready to rumble" guy had the phrase trademarked and as of 2009 it has generated $400 million dollars in revenue.
nevDd We’ve seen people on skateboards and motorcycles loop the loop many times. Damian Walter is the first human to do it on foot. To run it without falling, you need to reach the right speed; then, centrifugal forces will keep you locked on the track. Note how his shoulder line stays dead centre of the loop. For this particular one, Damian needed to accelerate up to 8.65 mph in the highest point to be able to gain enough inertia as to rotate his body and legs around his head fast enough, so when gravity finally wins, he’s already feet down on the track.
1x04 TIL Stephen Hawking’s birthday (January 8, 1942) is the 300th anniversary of the death of astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei.