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TIL that a neutron star is so dense if you dropped a gummy bear from one meter above it would hit the surface in a nonosecond at around 7,000,000 KM/H with the force of 1,000 nuclear bombs.

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J1ayl TIL Asian studies major Alex Sigley became interested in North Korea while studying at Shanghai's Fudan University where he first met North Koreans. He later transferred to Kim Il Sung university, one of three students from Western nations and stayed there for more than a year until he was detained
ADYgo TIL for the brutal Omaha Beach scene in ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Spielberg hired several dozen army amputees with prosthetic limbs so that he could have their arms and legs blown off in a more realistic fashion. More than $11 million was spent and 1,000 extras used for the infamous scene.
9Y0v6 TIL US general, Douglas MacArthur, had two of the worst military disasters in American history happen under his command: the largest surrender of US forces (Battle of Bataan, WWII) and the longest retreat of US forces (The retreat back to the 38th parallel during the Korean War)
WpbL TIL, That a Mexican man who accidentally killed his cousin while drunk was sentenced to death by being buried with alive with the cousin whom he had killed.
Y710P Today I learned in 1968 the UK Government commissioned three floating Nuclear Bunkers that were also car ferries. Called Operation Python, they would be used for key personnel in the event of war. One still survives, now called the Hebridean Princes