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TIL Families of People Executed Because of Their Tiananmen Square Activities Were Sent a Bill for the Ammunition Used by the Chinese Govt.

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V8bB TIL the African Clawed Frog provided the first well-documented method of detecting pregnancy in women. Injecting urine from a pregnant woman into a frog resulted in the frog laying eggs shortly after.
rL0w TIL after MH-17 was shot down over Ukraine, the Russian government accused a Ukrainian fighter jet. After it was exposed that this type of jet couldn’t reach the required altitude, Wikipedia said there were a flurry of attempts from Russia to edit the jet’s page to say it could fly higher.
vPKxB TIL Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer'
KWQJ TIL that NASA observed that astronauts returning to Earth after spending 6 months in space experienced visual acuity changes. A condition they call “Globe Flattening,” believed to be due to a build-up of pressure that changes the shape of the eyeball which changes the optics.
p8Ap TIL: Kevin Flynn (Tron:Legacy) was on “The Grid” for over 1200 years