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TIL of "Newton's flaming laser sword, a philosophical razor which states that "what cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating." It was supposedly named this because it not only "undoubtedly cuts out the crap, [but] also seems to cut out almost everything else as well."

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GovG TIL that when planning the 9/11 attacks, terrorists initially wanted to target nuclear installations in the United States but decided against it fearing things would “get out of control”
XmbR TIL that Teddy Roosevelt once backed a bill to import Hippopotamuses into the U.S to produce meat to solve the American meat crisis in 1910. The American Hippo bill nearly passed, but fell one vote short.
4Xnm5 TIL the 1992 Joe Pesci comedy My Cousin Vinny is praised by legal experts as being one if the most accurate film depictions of courtroom procedure and trial strategy. It is even cited in textbooks on law.
E1p9V TIL that the women of Bari tribe of Venezuela believes that a child can have multiple biological fathers. That, a child is not born from the sperm of a single man, but from the accumulation of sperm in a woman's womb.
6Ekvl TIL that during WWII approximately 18,500 B-24s were produced, making it the world's most-produced bomber and American military aircraft in history. At its peak one B-24 was being produced every 59 minutes, a rate that exceeded the military's ability to use the aircraft.