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TIL US Army has a working prototype of a land-based laser cannon that can be guided by an Xbox controller

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LQVjv TIL the United States Bureau of Land Management released a promotional hip-hop song and music video in the 1990s.
OjRY TIL: There is an Academy Award Category for Best Original Musical, but it hasn’t been awarded since Purple Rain in 1984 due to lack of contenders
GYG5E TIL Run-DMC's Darryl McDaniels claims Sarah McLachlan's song "Angel" saved his life from suicide
yVA58 TIL that tuberculosis was first brought to the Americas by seals that contracted it on beaches of Africa and carried it across the Atlantic around 1,000 years ago. In South America, it was likely contracted first by hunters who handled contaminated meat.
OodX1 TIL Eminem was so attached to his childhood home that he had a model of it he would take on tours.