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Til: There is a peelable banana popsicle… that is grape flavoured

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WPP9 TIL that the FBI ran COINTELPRO, an illegal series of projects operated to suppress “subversive” movements like civil rights (including MLK) or growing third parties. These targets faced tricks like psychological warfare, killings (together with police departments), and slander through newspapers.
x6D71 TIL Wind power is China's third-largest source of electricity at the end of 2021, accounting for 7.5% of total power generation.
x65vo TIL in 1958 a nighttime training exercise resulted in a mid-air collision between an F-86 Sabre and a B-47 Startojet. To save the aircraft, the B-47 crew ditched their nuclear payload to save weight. The undetonated weapon is believed to have sunk near Tybee Island and remains unrecovered today.
Wp88 TIL that the two pilots on a british airways flight can’t order the same meal for safety reasons
P11EO TIL During WWII the US navy kept two aircraft carriers positioned in the Great Lakes