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TIL that there is now a microwave that can cool things down.

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5YA8Q TIL In 2003 New Zealand engineer Bruce Simpson designed an $5,000 cruise missile using off the shelf parts sourced from the Internet. Despite being entirely legal, his project was shut down by the government.
1655d TIL there was a Finnish actress named Sirkka Sari who was born in May 1920 and died in July 1939. At a hotel party with fellow actors, she fell into a chimney while on the roof, thinking it was a balcony. Only 19 at her death, her life spanned only the interwar period, never witnessing WW1 or WW2.
b6QO0 TIL that when building out rats you need to mix glass shards with the concrete so they will not eat through the concrete
QJme6 TIL that a KGB agent and a CIA agent became friends while trying to recruit each other; they knew the other was a spy and just didn’t talk about it
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