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TIL that Robert Rackstraw who died in July of 2019 is believed to be the infamous D.B. Cooper who hijacked a plane in November of 1971, and parachuted out the back with $200,000. Recent documents released by the FBI confirm he was an undercover CIA agent whom they were protecting for over forty year

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e0RKJ TIL a Narwhal may have been adopted by a gang of all male Beluga whales. Scientists observed the narwhal with the whales for the last 3 years and the group have been observed playing games together.
rNm50 TIL that the origins of the phrase "To a T" are uncertain. The T's true term and most likely source is a 'tittle'. A tittle being a small mark used in characters like i & j.
XEj0R TIL feedback loops in Systems Theory. An example of feeback loops are birth rates( a reinforcing loop) and death rate( a balancing loop) all of which act on a giving population. Reinforcing loops enhance what is already existent( like a good investment) and balancing loops level things out.
4kyg5 TIL when David Lynch was asked by fans for clues or answers regarding one of his films, he'd typically refuse; however when fans in France asked him for clues to help them decipher Mulholland Drive (2001), he gave them 10. "I thought the clues were only going to exist in France & then..the internet"
69Djw TIL the "Second Thirty Years' War" is a periodization scheme sometimes used to encompass the wars in Europe from 1914 to 1945. The thesis of the Second Thirty Years' War is that WWI naturally led to WWII; both Charles de Gaulle and Churchill popularized this periodization immediately after WWII