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TIL that two engineering students developed a way to extinguish fires using sound waves.

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ZGVo TIL: In 2007, British marines conducted a rescue mission for a fallen comrade by strapping themselves onto the wings of an Apache helicopter (in front of the rocket pods) which then flew into a compound they just raided
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mPWv TIL that if space were full of air, the sun would be louder than a train horn from 3 feet away