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TIL about Vacuum Airships which are a hypothetical type of airship which would use a vacuum instead of gas filled balloons to generate lift.

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57Q9 TIL A man who lied about passing his second year of university, pretended to continue his study, crafting an elaborate lie until everyone he knew thought he was a medical doctor. No one found out for 18 years, until he killed his entire family to avoid being revealed.
Eg59o TIL: about the Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919. It officially ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations and territorial losses on Germany, reshaping Europe’s political landscape and setting the stage for future conflicts
woOZ8 TIL that Waldo, the vocalist of the US death metal band "Hatebeak", is a gray parrot, who learned to make grim, deathly squawks to accompany the music of his human bandmates. Waldo does not travel to play concerts. His most recent full record was "The Number of the Beak".
JGnk TIL that In Idaho, if you commit perjury that leads to the execution of an innocent person, you can be executed for that.
PYvpL TIL the Pharma company Allergan gave a number of their patents to a Native American tribe (and licensed the patents back to themselves) so that the tribe could asset "sovereign immunity" and prevent the patents from being invalidated.