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TIL That Chemical Lasers Harness the Light from Chemical Reactions Rather Than Electric Light, and They Are Far More Powerful than Their Electric Sisters

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nAbB TIL that the Queen Consort of Hungary in the 1400s, Elizabeth of Luxembourg, after being widowed, asked her chambermaid to steal the physical crown of Hungary, and the chambermaid wrote a book about the successful heist.
6ELZl TIL the voice actor for Scruff McGruff the crime dog was sentenced to 16 years in prison after police found over 1,000 marijuana plants, guns, a grenade launcher and ammo in his home.
PYnxE TIL A circle roughly 2,500 miles in diameter, when placed over the right part of Asia, could hold more than half the world's population
ebAE TIL Because of its fierce resistance to British occupation in the Revolutionary War, British commander Lord Cornwallis referred to Charlotte, NC as “a veritable hornet’s nest of rebellion”. This is how the Charlotte Hornets basketball team got its name.
BdVe TIL that one of Switzerland’s main defense strategies is to demolish every main access into the country via roads, bridges, and railways. There is at least 3,000 locations currently prepared to blow at a moment’s notice in case of attack.