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TIL that the US Air Force has a missile called the CHAMP capable of damaging electronic systems by means of an EMP (electromagnetic pulse).

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E16R0 TIL Matt Murphy, the man who caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run ball, sold the ball for $752,467 and gave half to Amir Kamal, the friend he was at the game with.
8exdK TIL that "dunce" comes from the name of Duns Scotus, a 14th century Scottish friar and philosopher. The word became an insult for dumb scholars during the Renaissance and the English Reformation, when his works were widely criticized and fell out of popularity.
NXBLE TIL Chris Hemsworth made 150k for his first appearance as Thor BUT Sean Austin only got 250k for Fellowship of the Ring which grossed 1 Billion. Rumor has it he only get 500k for the entire trilogy which bagged 2.9 billion.
6KV8 TIL Women used Lysol as birth control. By 1911 doctors had recorded 193 Lysol poisonings and five deaths from uterine irrigation.
nMoo TIL James Watson 0 who in 1953 helped discover the structure of DNA - is still alive, still a scientist, and part of a project to discover the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.