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TIL The design of the Starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) was partially based on an electric stove coil.

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R10w TIL that 18th Century Norwegian swashbuckler Peter Tordenskjold once ran out of ammo during a sea battle so he sent his enemy a letter thanking him for “a fine duel” and asking him to send more ammo so they could carry on. The two crews then toasted each other’s health and went their separate ways.
5Yjlk TIL the moon has a barely discernible atmosphere compared to the Earth, which is why the moon is covered in impact craters from passing meteorites & space debris when compared to the Earth, where most spacial detritus burns up before impact.
r9Gy TIL Blood On The Dance Floor had to cancel a tour in Australia after only selling 6 tickets
KYArB TIL That there was a Teenage Girl Gang That Seduced and Killed Nazis in WW2
W7pYX TIL about anthropodermic bibliopegy, the practice of binding books in human skin that was popular in the 19th century.