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TIL Rotational detonation engines are expected to replace rocket engines for space flight.

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ZB0Q TIL that Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune turned down playing Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader, because he thought it cheapen the image of the samurai.
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