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TIL former Weezer member Mikey Welsh correctly predicted the time, place and cause of his own death

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78LvX TIL that first photograph of Earth from outer space is 78 years old. It was taken by V-2 No. 13, a modified nazi ballistic missile. The V stands for Vergeltungswaffe which means Vengeance Weapon.
wmko TIL that the term “Shotgunning” marijuana came from soldiers in Vietnam. Troops would commonly empty a shotgun, stick a smoking bowl in the chamber, and blow into it. Other soldiers would inhale the smoke coming out the tip of the barrel, passing the shotgun around.
4wJ6 TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte was once moved to tears over the grief of a dog who he found sitting with its owner’s body
MxJV TIL there’s an abandoned cruise ship floating adrift in the north Atlantic.
5VJdk TIL: "Muscle is muscle" is wrong, and there is HUGE variation in what differently adapted muscle fibers can do. Type 2x muscle fibers have 10x more peak power than Type 1 muscle fibers, for example