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TIL German art student hand-illuminated Silmarillion in the style of medieval monastery book

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OoYmR TIL that the moon's gravity affects the LHC's proton beam so much that it has to be compensated for during operation
DQNZJ TIL that Juan Pujol Garcia was awarded both the Iron Cross and the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire during WW2, fooling the Nazis as a double agent.
4P6N TIL that more people were killed while producing the V-2 rocket than were killed in its use (12,000 vs. 9000). In addition Germany spent 50% more money on the V-1 and V-2 than the U.S. spent on the atomic bomb
BrNVK TIL physicist Leon Lederman wrote a book about the Higgs Boson he called "The Goddamn Particle" but his publisher didn't like it and shortened it to "The God Particle", and the nickname stuck
MDvK TIL US government did not spend millions developing Space Pen while Russians used pencils. US also used pencils.