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TIL the Marines use a non-lethal heat beam to ward off people “causing a feeling similar to being on fire”

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ANOGa TIL: No plane has ever crashed due to severe turbulence
eEDk TIL Aeschylus, the famous author of tragedies, died from a tortoise being dropped by an eagle that had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the turtles shell. Aeschylus stayed indoors as often as possible since he prophesied he would be killed by a falling object.
d8w4r Today I Learned about Ray Holmes, an RAF pilot during the Battle of Britain who saved Buckingham Palace from destruction by ramming a German aircraft, nearly killing himself in the process, and ejecting, only to land in a garbage bin.
E1MoX TIL of the Pioneer Plaque, a pair of plaques sent on the Pioneer spacecrafts that included a naked man, a naked woman, and a diagram representing the origin of the spacecraft. The plaque was designed to transmit information to potential aliens who might intercept Pioneer 10 and 11.
ep5Vk Today I learned that you can eat packing peanuts. (And I did)