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VBQPZ TIL an MIT professor evaluated Nikola Tesla’s “death ray” technology for the FBI. His lab director would later say “over a period of three decades, he would be approached by people of all sorts because he could make megavolt beams of ions and electrons – death rays.”
xVLvk TIL the older we get, the area in the brain responsible for filtering noises in the background and make us concentrate gets weaker. that's why elderly people have trouble driving. They focus too much on the background of moving objects, and not enough on the actual moving objects in the foreground
rRByx TIL That the Rocky Mountains are younger than most dinosaurs.
xVxyD TIL in 1714, 2 gunships fought for 14 hours, before one ran out of ammunition. The captain messaged his opponent, thanking him for a fine duel, and asking for more ammunition, so that the fight could continue. His opponent refused, but they then agreed to sail away in opposite directions.
47A6 TIL while working as maids Léa Papin and her sister Christine were found guilty of murdering their employer’s wife and daughter. Léa was given a reduced sentence of eight years due to good behaviour, and upon release moved to Nantes where she continued her livelihood as a hotel maid.