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8e5g4 TIL that the membership of the band Napalm Death has completely changed over not just once, but twice
N7XRP TIL that in 1980, nuclear physicist Glenn Seaborg transmuted several thousand atoms of bismuth into gold at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Seaborg's technique would have been far too expensive to enable routine manufacturing of gold, but his work was close to the mythical Philosopher's Stone.
XEB4E TIL Spaniards abolished forced military conscription with massive civil disobedience
GYjAN TIL In WW1, when they had to deal with the scourge of Zeppelins bombing Britain, the RAF initially sent up a plane equipped with a passenger & a rifle, with just 4 incendiary rounds
YpgW TIL: Skateboarding is becoming popular in Afghanistan - especially amongst women