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TIL that swearing on the Bible is forbidden by the Bible.

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eJWg TIL Nikola Tesla created the first logic gate in 1898 when he created the first remote controlled vehicle, over 50 years before Walther Bothe won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. He reportedly told onlookers multiple times it was simple science beforehand so that they would not think it witchcraft.
L9P TIL Queen Victoria smoked pot to ease the pain of childbirth
4kO7g TIL During the American Revolution the British captured Penobscot Bay and the Colonies sent an armada to take it back. All 44 of ships of the American Armada and hundreds of men were lost in the attack, making it the largest naval defeat in American history until Pearl Harbor, 162 years later.
LQ5km TIL where the name ‘shrimp scampi’ comes from
J1wVv TIL Lockheed Martin have filed for a patent on a small fusion "engine" intended to provide propulsion for a future aircraft design. "Provided herein are various leptonic power sources, leptonic control systems, and leptonic-powered engines."