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TIL in the 1960s the United States designed a practical plasma weapon for a space battleship

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QNWop TIL the scrap metal value of an Oscar statue from the Academy Awards is worth around $650, but research concluded male actors after winning an Oscar typically saw a hike in salary of about $3.9 million. Winning an Oscar for Best Actress was worth up to $500,000 at best.
mZXO TIL - Eddie Van Halen didnt ask for royalties after completing Michael Jacksons Beat it guitar solo, he did it as a favor
GAMj1 TIL the name ‘Anakin’ originated from Star Wars. When I (25) was like 5, I had a friend named Anakin, so I always assumed that it was a normal name that Star Wars just used for the character.
mx40M TIL that U.S. Route 50's endpoints in Ocean City, MD and West Sacramento, CA both have official road signs denoting that the other city is 3,073 miles away
R5PK6 TIL: The "Great Oxygenation Event" is responsible for Minnesota's Mesabi Range and other commercially viable iron deposits around the Great Lakes and the world. Iron dissolved in ancient seas precipitated during the Precambrian age forming thick layers of sedimentary rock.