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TIL: In WWII Germany developed a missile that could hit the US that was manually piloted and suicidal.

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GAnW4 TIL Finger-fumbler in sign language is the equivalent of a tongue-twister.
1aYKV TIL in 1972, The Los Alamos National Laboratories patented a nuclear tunnel boring machine, claiming it could reach depths of 18+ miles. It uses molten lithium to melt through rock, leaving behind a tunnel with a glass-like finish.
oe9R TIL The Queen of England is the legal owner of one sixth of the land on the Earth’s surface
N5b6 TIL that during the thunderous applause following his famous ‘We shall fight on the beaches’ speech to the to the House of Commons in 1940, Winston Churchill whispered to a colleague, “And we’ll fight them with the butt ends of broken beer bottles because that’s bloody well all we’ve got!”.
Me680 TIL Damon Wayans was a guest star in the shows Happy Together (episode title, "Like Father, Like Son" and Happy Endings (episode title, "Like Father, Like Gun"), both times playing the father of his real son, Damon Wayans Jr.