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TIL The K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzer developed by Samsung has a full comms system. Which means you could call your mom using the artillery while you lob Galaxy Note 7s at the enemy to blow them up

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X0v6E TIL China’s Hongzhi Emperor of the Ming Dynasty only had 1 wife and refused to have concubines after his mother was murdered by one of his father’s consorts.
Mev5W TIL that rainbows have cousins. Fogbows appear when water droplets suspended in the air are so small that the diffraction of light is negligible, hence appearing white. It also causes the arc to be steeper. They’re sometimes known as ghost rainbows or white rainbows.
6E0dw TIL the family of Dracula was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
vw7R TIL a New York man had his home taken from him, his life threatened by a judge and then ended up mysteriously dead from a head injury shortly after compiling the evidence of this…
N7Bx8 TIL the American artist Sarah Goodridge painted a miniature self-portrait of her breasts which she gave to her lover Daniel Webster in 1828.