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TIL the pulsejet engine can be made with zero moving parts.

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KEBw TIL When Chuck Palahniuk attempted to publish his second novel, Invisible Monsters, publishers rejected it for its disturbing content. This led him to work on his most famous novel, Fight Club, which he wrote as an attempt to disturb the publisher even more for rejecting him.
4blw TIL that mice sing just like birds, but we can’t hear them
WkYe8 TIL that Hauska Castle has been constructed over a large hole in the ground that is allegedly a “gateway to Hell”. Legend has it that when construction began in the castle, all of the inmates that were sentenced to death were offered a pardon if they consented to be lowered by rope into the hole.
dD8xK TIL that the medals John Lennon wore on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band were owned by the Grandfather of drummer Pete Best who was kicked out of the band years prior.
Ql7d TIL that director Bryan Singer had convinced the main cast of The Usual Suspects that they were all Keyser Soze. The cast didn’t find out the twist ending until the first screening. Gabriel Byrne was so stunned, he yelled at Singer for half an hour.