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TIL that the US has a small piece of land “stuck” in Canada.

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J1wVv TIL Lockheed Martin have filed for a patent on a small fusion "engine" intended to provide propulsion for a future aircraft design. "Provided herein are various leptonic power sources, leptonic control systems, and leptonic-powered engines."
KYrMG TIL that the body of a 74-year-old woman who died of Alzheimer's in 2013 and whose son donated her body to Alzheimer's research was callously blown up by the U.S. Army for a "roadside bomb damage" experiment, despite her son's explicit wishes to exclude non-medical experiments and military use.
W7YLL TIL salt water nasal irrigation on average reduces cold symptoms by 1.9 days
oEyY TIL the seven sins according to Gandhi: “Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Religion without sacrifice. Politics without principle.”
9Y1Z6 TIL that Foxconn factories manufactured an estimated 40% of all consumer electronics sold worldwide. This includes BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone 11, iPod, Kindle, Nintendo 3DS, Nokia devices, Xiaomi devices, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and several CPU sockets.