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TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle.

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e0RAE TIL graham crackers came about because of an early American Christian doctrine founded by Sylvester Graham. He believed Christians should be vegetarian and eat whole grain foods. The crackers, along with flour, etc. was developed to he sold to his followers, the Grahamites.
woJA8 TIL the actress and dancer that modeled for the character Snow white in the Disney animated film was 14 when she began dating a 26 year old animator Art Babbit. They married when she was 17 and him 29. The marriage lasted less than 3 years
P1lBe TIL that the fastest object ever built by humans is NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Built to observe the outer corona of the Sun, the probe set the speed record by traveling at 587,000 km/h (364,660 mph), fast enough to fly from New York to Tokyo in just over a minute.
gMo7L TIL: Scientists injected mouse pups with human glial cells. Within a year the human brain cells integrated and replaced over half of the natural cells. The mice developed supercharged intelligence- scoring much higher on cognitive & memory tests then their unaltered kin.
pLLO TIL: A Gurkha, armed only with a knife, fought off 40 men trying to assault an 18 year old girl, killing several.