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TIL 3D printed objects can be made to connect to WiFi without electronics

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exJL TIL There is a genetic disease that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes. People with this condition actually look like Hobbits.
PYOXV TIL that the King of Prussia had a personal army of 3000 tall men and admitted, "The most beautiful girl or woman in the world would be a matter of indifference to me, but tall soldiers—they are my weakness"
kNEe TIL that the most pilots aren’t allowed to have a beard because of the shape of an oxygen mask
ZbxR TIL during WWII the Germans captured a Russian T34 Tank then sank it in a lake in Estonia where it was rediscovered and after cleaning it up the engine was able to run.
LWEP TIL there is believed to be a branch of the French royal house of Bourbon in India.