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TIL about Alcubierre's Warp Drive. A theory which, on paper, should work on creating faster than light travel, getting us one step closer to space exploration.

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PYpgw TIL Frontman Alice Cooper once lost a 12-foot boa named Yvonne in a hotel room in Knoxville, Tennessee. The snake reappeared two weeks later, having crawled into the sewer system via a hotel room toilet.
9Y14X TIL: The USA long held the record for having the World's Tallest Chair --until 2014 when St. Florian, Austria's, great Lutz chair left much worldwide lesser giant furniture in the dust. XXXLutz and Holzleimbauwerk Wiehag GmbH worked together to build the epic seat that stands almost 100 feet tall.
VlXB TIL American fighter pilot William Bruce “Bill” Overstreet Jr. (April 10, 1921 – December 29, 2013) shot down a German Messerschmitt Bf-109G after chasing it through the arches of the Eiffel Tower.
BgJlr TIL that in 1952, the USS Wisconsin received a single, direct-hit from a North Korean 155mm gun battery. Despite the damage being minimal, the Wisconsin responded by returning fire with all nine of her Mark 7 16-inch guns, prompting an escorting ship to signal the Wisconsin with "Temper, Temper."
OopJ7 TIL Janis Joplin was bullied by former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson in high school. Even in a 1992 interview, 22 years after Janis’ death, he couldn’t stop bragging about it as he implied groping her: ‘… she never wore any panties… from what I understood’