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TIL the welsh word for microwave is popty ping

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VM0Bm TIL that Scotland has an official contingency plan in case they ever catch the Loch Ness Monster.
kg9E TIL when Nancy Reagan asked Miles Davis what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation to a White House in 1987, he responded with “Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done except fuck the president?”
wo6dW TIL that Michael Bay was originally attached to direct the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan. However, he later left the project because he couldn't find a way to approach the material.
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vjvB TIL That Archimedes developed an anti-ship weapon called the Claw of Archimedes. It lifted a ship by the prow then dropped it, often causing the vessel to capsize or at least severely damaging it.