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TIL Edison and Dali's "Drop the Ball" Nap Hack Actually Sparks Creative Breakthroughs.

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p8LBZ TIL that UFO sightings were recorded in the Annals of Joseon Dynasty, which was written about 400 years ago.
gpX9 TIL of Barnes Wallis, who in WWII not only invented the “bouncing bomb” which bounces on water to a target, but also the earthquake bomb which creates a 3.6 mag earthquake and was the largest non-nuclear bomb in the war.
rREAw TIL that retired workers in Dublin Distilleries would get a bottle of whiskey every month as part of their pension.
PYWAg TIL an Eastern Air Lines flight crashed because the entire crew was so occupied with a burnt-out landing gear light that they failed to notice that autopilot had disconnected.
VBBrk TIL that time dilation is the reason we can use muon tomography to scan the Great Pyramids. From their point of view, muons only live a very short time. But they go so fast that from our point of view, they live long enough to penetrate the atmosphere and large objects.