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TIL the F-22 Raptor has a Radar Cross-Section (RCS) similar to a swarm of 10 to 50 insects

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oJWR TIL that it is illegal to die in Svalbard because the permafrost doesn’t allow the bodies to decompose. The dead or dying is transferred to the Norwegian main land.
epxbE TIL of Herxheim, a mass grave/ritual center dating back to ~5000 BC. It is estimated that >1000 individuals were cannibalized at this site as ritual sacrifices.
j64Qa TIL that in 1972 a 33-year-old Hungarian geologist attacked Michelangelo's Pietà statue in St. Peter's Basilica wielding a geologist's hammer and shouting, "I am Jesus Christ—risen from the dead". Prior to this, he had moved to Rome intending to be recognised as Christ by the Pope.
EM0x TIL that although the the state of Arizona has been under a drought just as long as California has, Arizona will not run out of water anytime soon due to early intervention
XEplD TIL that in Greek, the phrase "it's all Greek to me" is "Αυτά μου φαίνονται κινέζικα" - "this strikes me as Chinese". In Persian, the language referred to is Japanese, in Slovak it's Spanish, and in Chinese, it's Martian.