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TIL the first handheld rail gun was made in 2015

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PYWwg TIL that the song "I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales" was inspired by Edna Deane being asked for a dance nine times by the future Edward VIII.
VErB TIL Russian has no word for ‘blue’, only two different words for 'light blue’ and 'dark blue’.
yQBbV TIL about Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, a nun who is one of the two people to first receive a doctorate in computer science and helped invent BASIC