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TIL that in order to gain more information on the capabilities and location of American missile submarines the Soviet Union used specially equipped fishing trawlers to spy on American naval activities.

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QJOvX TIL of "scent branding" and how businesses pump custom scents into their buildings. Nike's signature scent was reportedly inspired by the smell of a rubber basketball sneaker as it scrapes across the court and a soccer cleat in grass and dirt.
ZpAOD TIL about "inspector satellites", spy satellites that are launched to monitor foreign spy satellites by flying into orbits that are closely synchronised to theirs.
EgKXx TIL Judith Love Cohen was American aerospace engineer who helped create the Abort-Guidance System that rescued the Apollo 13 astronauts. When she went into labor, she took a printout of her problem to the hospital. She called her boss and said she finished it before giving birth to actor Jack Black.
BrgOb TIL up to 1/3 of American tourists to Scotland believe haggis is made from a small, wooly, highland creature known as a "wild haggis."
mxQAP TIL A village in India changed its name to snapdeal.com nagar to express their gratitude to a e commerce company for installing hand pumps in their village