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TIL that “smart” bullets, precision-guided firearm bullets that can alter course and accurately correct their path to a target, exist. They have been in development since as early as 2008 by DARPA and have been fire-tested successfully

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X0oZD TIL David Spade had over thirty private voicemails of Chris Farley and Norm MacDonald doing bits and leaving messages but they were accidentally deleted forever when his voicemail machine was unplugged
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OobZR TIL About The Paris Commune of 1871. The French workers created the first example of workers' power. They showed what a government of, for and run by the workers would look like.
eR1k TIL Chinese is the third most-spoken language in the United States. In 1980, it was only the seventh most.
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