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TIL in a 1931 essay about on the future of science, Winston Churchill advocated for lab grown meat, predicted long distance communication through an internet-like system, and theorised that we'd be able to artificially cultivate humans based on our needs, but the moral debate would prevent this

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JYMK8 TIL Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, devised a WWII plan to plant false info about the Allies’ next attack on a dead man, drift him at sea, and hope he’d be found by Nazi sympathizers. Operation Mincemeat worked, turning the tide for the Allies, who stormed Italy while the Nazis defended Greece.
78PPx TIL David Lynch is an Eagle Scout
wLgkY TIL that the A-10 Warthog, the most common drone in war, uses depleted Uranium as the bullet core, because Uranium has higher density than lead, but also because it sharpens itself as it penetrates something, effectively penetrating tanks and what not with its' 30mm rounds. (See video: ~10:15)
Oobr6 TIL in the middle of Disneyland, there is a secret and exusive club called Club 33. It was originally designed as a place for Walt Disney to entertain guests and business associates, but he died before it was officially opened.
4RPa TIL if Germany wins the world cup today, it would be the first time as a united country. The 1954, 1974, and 1990 world cup was won by West Germany.