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TIL: In 2012 the Army demonstrated a weapon that shoots laser-guided lightning bolts.

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gMNaL TIL that in 2012, 10 year old Clara Lazen accidentally invented a new type of molecule called Tetranitratoxycarbon, they found out when she assembled carbon, oxygen and nitrogen atoms in a random way on a model. The teacher passed it on to a friend, and it was new. In the paper, she was credited.
yDvV Til that if an astronaut “loses it” in space, part of the protocol is to restrain them with duck tape.
P1pZL TIL that Heavyweight Champion George Foreman named all 10 of his sons George Foreman
Rwp1 TIL that a comet’s tail doesn’t follow the comet, instead it points away from the sun.
7rvBL TIL about Veronica Seider who possessed a visual acuity 20 times better than average. She could identify people at a distance of more than a mile (1.6 km).