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TIL that the US Embassy in Iran was not demolished after the hostage crisis but was instead turned into an anti-American museum

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6j1l TIL 30% of one night stands actually turn into long-term relationships.
VM6Q TIL that nothing bad happens when one eats Silica Gel, those little packets with “do not eat” stamped on the side.
kyRE TIL in 1958, the Chinese captured a US Sidewinder missile just four days after it was introduced into combat when it got stuck in a Chinese jet during a dogfight with Taiwan aircraft. It was reverse-engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll (K-13) missile and used against US planes in Vietnam.
9Ya7r TIL 52-foot-tall 'megaripples' from dinosaur-killing asteroid are hiding under Louisiana
lB6G TIL that in 1959 the USPS attempted to deliver mail by cruise missile and successfully shipped cargo from New jersey to Florida in 22 minutes