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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.

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VMMrG TIL Hollywood briefly experimented with an interactive movie format akin to "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale wrote a film and directed a film called "Mr. Payback" in which audience members were able to choose what happened next. The results were disastrous.
y99a TIL a Russian mathematician solved a 100 year old math problem; he declined the Fields medal, $1 million in awards, and later retired from math because he hated the recognition the math community gives to people who prove things.
d7vr TIL a 2015 literature review by Wayne Hall showed Cannabis use doubled the risk of car accidents, doubled the risk of cognitive impairment and psychosis during adolescence, and had a dependence rate of 1 in 10
grXdW TIL that Godzilla vs Kong's "Dr. Nathan Lind" isn't Alexander Skarsgård's only role as an ape-allied character. He was also an ape ally as "Tarzan" in "The Legend of Tarzan". Alexander also acted as "Eric Northman" on "True Blood" before his role as "Amleth" in "The Northman".
5YrBQ TIL about Louis Le Prince, who mysteriously went missing, preventing him from revealing that he had invented the single-lens motion picture camera, long before Edison who is widely credited with the invention.