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TIL that the microwave oven was invented by accident. In 1945, Percy Spencer, an American self-taught engineer, was working in a lab testing magnetrons, the high-powered vacuum tubes inside radars that produced microwaves, where he noticed a peanut butter candy bar in his pocket had begun to melt

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WoL4 TIL the movie Behind Enemy Lines was backward. The downed pilot was rescued with full NATO cooperation and was in fact put into danger by a US general releasing information to the press. The pilot sued Fox over the movie and they settled out of court.
L9D0 TIL That in 1984, in response to protests outside the Libyan embassy in London, machine gun fire was turned on protesters on the street from inside the embassy, hitting 11 people and killing a police officer. This lead to an armed siege of the embassy by police and breaking of diplomatic relations.
QN89k TIL: Conflict in Sudan generated that 15 million people are experiencing acute food insecurity
6gkX TIL that octopus wrestling was once a documented hobby.
ADQeB TIL that tigers can, and will, take revenge on those who have wronged them. They are one of the most vengeful animals on the planet.