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TIL that ejection at Mach 3+ from the SR71 at attitude wasn't just possible, but less dangerous than ejecting at Mach 1 at lower altitudes

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nlW7 TIL Bath Salts were a huge drug problem in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, but the government kept the problem quiet through control of the state-run media. Bath Salts are called “Jeff” in Russia. (resubmitted with correct link)
vByr TIL-We don’t sneeze in our sleep, because out “sneeze nerve” is sleeping as well.
6paY TIL of Sufiah Yusof, a genius child enrolled at Oxford at 12 who became a prostitute entertaining clients with her ability to recite equations during sexual acts.
4XRR TIL that the makers of those anti-piracy, “You wouldn’t steal a car, purse, DVD, etc”, advertisements got sued for actually pirating the music they used for the ad
4kBJJ TIL when the Japanese emperor reclaimed power from the shogunate in 1868, the losing side fled to Hokkaido and declared a republic modeled on the United States