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TIL that "The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of writer's block" is the shortest academic article ever: it has no words

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69YRl TIL that during WW2, they experimented with running London buses on gas that's produced from burning coal. The gas was produced on a trailer that was towed by the buses.
wawo TIL that the USS Constitution, which was launched in 1797, is currently the only US ship in active service that has sunk an enemy vessel.
9LpM TIL three masked instigators at a peaceful protest in Quebec were found out to be undercover police. Protestors figured it out when they noticed the boots they were wearing were the same as police.
7rR7X TIL that when Nicolaus Copernicus proposed heliocentrism in 1543, there was only mild opposition from the Church. But 73 years later Galileo's defence of the same was called heresy. He was threatened with torture and put under house arrest.
yE1p TIL that Liam Neeson agreed to say any line that the writers of the Family Guy episode “Fighting Irish” wrote except one: “I’ve been a world-famous tough guy since 56”, which he altered on the basis that he was 55 when he filmed Taken.