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TIL of Manwel Dimech, a Maltese philosopher and social reformer, who fought for oppressed people against the Catholic Church and British, only to end up dying in exile. Fascinating life story though.

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j85n TIL NASA validated space drive engine technology it had been dismissing as impossible for years. this engine converts electric power into thrust with no need for propellant. NASA can not explain how it works, but has named it the “quantum vacuum plasma thruster”
1adeX TIL the inventor of the "pop up" later apologized for his invention after seeing how his creation had been used for pop-up advertising
VMN1B TIL that there are 8 JU-ON movies. We only got 3 "The Grudge" movies in the U.S, but the JU-ON series in Japan has been going on since 1998.
9YgyQ TIL GDP was invented just 86 years ago.
vPPjK TIL that the air quality around the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley (CA) is so bad that schools use green, yellow, and red flags to indicate whether children with asthma can go outside and play with their classmates