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TIL Using a chloroform soaked rag as an incapacitating agent is pure fiction. It is nearly impossible to incapacitate someone using chloroform in this manner.

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J1rwv TIL that a Canadian engineer (Gerald Bull), in a quest to economically launch satellites using a huge artillery piece helped fund this project by creating a supergun for Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq. He was subsequently assassinated by Mossad.
lE1 TIL The mansion in X-Men is the same as Billy Madisons mansion
jNLgX TIL Nurhaci attacked China's Ming Dynasty, Korea's Joseon Dynasty, and his conquest of northeast China laid the groundwork for the conquest of China by the Qing Dynasty. He is also credited with ordering the creation of a written script for the Manchu language
Wk9WL TIL: When roosters open their beaks fully, their external auditory canals completely closed off. Basically, roosters have built in earplugs. This helps prevent them from damaging their hearing when they crow.
VMoYG TIL that a lawyer had his client sit in the stands and had a similar looking friend to sit where the defendant usually sits, so that when pointed out the witness would pick the wrong person getting his client off free