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TIL Actor Christopher Guest is member of the British House of Lords.

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YrDP TIL that in the 1400s, China owned the greatest seagoing fleet in the world. But by 1525, all of China’s “Treasure Fleet” ships had been destroyed at the urging of the political elite who had become alarmed at the rise of a newly rich merchant class.
5VQ9p TIL the Higgs-Boson Particle, aka "the God Particle", was actually called "the Goddamn Particle" by physicists because it was so difficult to detect. Publishers forced the rename, resulting in a confusing tie to religion for the particle which is nearly universally hated by physicists.
Zp4bD TIL that Otto Warmbier was an American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea in 2016 on a charge of subversion. In June 2017, he was released by North Korea in a vegetative state and died soon afterward. His family was awarded $240k in seized North Korean assets.
Vbnm TIL Boeing has created Microlattice,the world’s lightest metal which is 99.99% air.
epgGE TIL that singer Katy Perry, who grew up in a strict religious household, was not allowed to eat Lucky Charms cereal as a kid as the word "luck" reminded her mother of Lucifer, and she was also required to call deviled eggs "angeled eggs".