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TIL graffiti artists in Prague have turned an unsightly nuclear shelter vent into R2-D2

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8vjV TIL Of ‘Project Thor’: a terrifying weapon system that is shockingly simple - 6 m. Tungsten rods launched from near Earth orbit, invisible to radar, could strike anywhere on earth, impact speed of Mach 10, impact equal to a tactical nuclear bomb but with no explosives.
MeRbA TIL Children develop more creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills when they throw away Lego instructions and build things together with others using their own imagination. Routine, manual jobs are increasingly automated, whereas the 'new work' is non-routine cognitive
8aN0a TIl in addition to his sword, Ex Calibur, legendary King Arthur also had a spear named Ron.
oAYY TIL that Buckethead has released 42 albums so far in 2015 with an average of one album every 3.7 days.
45vo TIL that in 1990 a wrongly-installed windscreen on BA Flight 5390 fell out, causing the plane’s cockpit to decompress and its captain to be pulled halfway out of the aircraft at over 17,000 feet. The crew held on to the captain’s body fearing it get sucked into the engine. The captain survived.