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TIL that in 2015 Boeing patented a plasma force field

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KYa TIL Haystacks sometimes spontaneously combust if they contain too much moisture.
5ngD TIL Phoenix Jones is an ex-MMA fighter turned superhero who fights crime in Seattle and streams all of his escapades
Ve0D TIL The film “What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?” was given an X rating in the UK for the initial release because its plot was so controversial and unheard of.
xroB TIL alligators do not have sex-determining chromosomes. Instead, the sex is determined by the temperature of the environment the alligator is in.
Yp9wd [TIL] that in the 1940's, the US built some locomotives for the USSR. When they were never delivered due to the cold war, they went to US railroads and became some of the most powerful engines of the day.