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TIL William Shockley, a co-inventor of the transistor, decided to cease silicon-based research. The remaining researchers disagreed with him and went on to form Intel, AMD and National Semiconductor.

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78aZX TIL any bullet fired into the air that's heavier than a .22LR - and even that if fired close to vertically - can be lethal on the way down.
WkED8 TIL about WWII American Lieutenant John R. Fox. He volunteered to stay behind in a town overrun by enemy troops as US troops retreated. As the enemy advanced he called in an artillery barrage on himself. When US troops later counterattacked they found his body alongside about 100 German soldiers.
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