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wLQGY TIL in 1992, the UK set up a fake company in order to buy Soviet T-80 tanks, claiming they would be sent to Morocco. The UK studied the tanks and gifted one to the USA for the same purpose.
vJbj TIL that in 1884, mine workers on strike pushed burning carts into the mines in New Straitsville, OH and started a 132 year underground fire that burns to this day. Massive amounts of coal were burned and residents of the area had reportedly used hot water from nearby wells to make instant coffee.
lYAa TIL that in 1916 an amendment was proposed to the Constitution that all acts of war would be put to a national vote. People voting yes would have to register as volunteers for service in the United States Army.
N7d76 TIL: A janitor at Kodak in the 1980s rose to be the company’s Chief Technology Officer
e8Wb TIL that Lockheed Martin is currently developing an unmanned aircraft that is capable of reaching speeds exceeding Mach 20. Able to cross the United States in under 12 minutes