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TIL in the mid-1950s, Hiller aircraft constructed flying platforms for an army-navy program. The pilot simply leaned in the desired direction in the platform would follow.

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111X TIL Dogs have ‘Eureka moments’ and enjoy the experience of solving a problem in order to obtain a reward.
kbp4 TIL Keanu Reeves once had a paternity suit filed against him when a woman claimed he used hypnosis and disguised himself as her ex-husband in order to impregnate her
RyV6 TIL the first chatbot-to-chatbot conversation ended in an argument about God
Dree TIL that before The Ring (2002)’s release, the tape from the movie was showed during late night programming, with no reference to the movie. People watching TV late at night might’ve stumbled across the video, with no idea what it was.
8adQP TIL in 2016, 5,712 Native American women were reported missing. Only 116 were logged in the DOJ database.