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TIL that right before the Cuba embargo took effect, President Kennedy had his secretary buy 1,2000 Cuban cigars

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j6J9n TIL in 1971 a Time Dilation experiment had 2 flights w/atomic clocks go around the world to prove Einstein's theories of relativity (time moves slower as you approach the speed of light, and/or when exposed to more gravity). The clocks gained 0.15 microseconds compared to the ground based clock.
nW71P TIL there's a dog obesity crisis in the United Kingdom
0wDry TIl about Henry Starr a western outlaw and bank robber who was convicted of murder of a us Marshall but was eventually pardoned and went on to play himself in his own biopic A Debtor to The Law. Two years after the movie was released he was killed by a bank manager during a robbery
Y96r TIL in 1996 the United States Air Force patented a radio device for transmitting audio speech signals (specifically voices) directly into a person’s head.
xapD TIL that domestic violence is perpetrated by the woman as much as the man and that women are more likely to use a weapon and kill male children.