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TIL there's a snail with an iron-plated foot
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TIL building a time machine is believed to be scientifically possible but requires building a gigantic particle accelerator in space, stabilizing space-time foam, plucking out a wormhole, enlarging it and connecting it a gravitational field.
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TIL That Germany created a rifle with a curved barrel during World War II attached with a periscope to shoot around corners from a safe position.
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TIL of the traditional "Honors of War", where surrendering armies would leave the battlefield with banners waving honorably and their band playing the enemy's anthem. After winning the American Revolution, George Washington famously refused to allow the British to play an American or French song
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TIL casino odds on a cruise ship are way worse than on land “blackjack tables will pay 6-to-5, instead of the usual 3-to-2 you’ll find in many land-based casinos”
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TIL that author Tom Clancy died in 2013 but his name is still used on new novels written by ghostwriters.