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TIL that Nikola Tesla tried to sell several governments on a "death ray" that would destroy armies and planes from 200 miles away

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yVva8 TIL about Devil's Night, a name that is associated with the serious vandalism and arson seen in Detroit, Michigan. During the height of the drug era, Detroit residents routinely set fire to houses that were known as popular drug-dealing locations. Five thousand of these buildings were razed in 1989.
AdpB TIL: An Italian artist wanted to hitch-hike to the Middle East to show that she could put her trust in the kindness of local people. She was found murdered in Turkey.
7rXvx TIL that Point Nemo, the point farthest from any land, is so remote that astronauts on the ISS are often the nearest humans
VNeZ TIL that the ruins of Teotihuacan outside of Mexico City predate the Aztecs by 1500 years, and are older than the Coliseum in Rome.
b9lAN TIL the last team to win gold in rugby in the Olympics was the USA, which taught a bunch of All-American Football players how to play it during the boat ride to the games.