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TIL that we have Star Wars to thank for the invention of Laser Tag

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klme TIL that Columbian drug cartels have custom-designed fibreglass submarines to smuggle cocaine. They’re designed to carry about 4 people and are extremely hard to detect.
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neV0G TIL that during the height of the Cold War, President Kennedy proposed the idea that the USA and USSR should work together to land a man on the moon. This was in order to minimise costs and to avoid doubling up on R&D.
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