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TIL that the majority of the titanium used for building the SR-71 spy plane came from USSR through CIA dummy corporations.

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QJew6 TIL that Solitary Bees can pollinate exponentially more flowers than honey bees and there are many important bees that live alone not in a colony
DQOmY TIL that there was such a thing as Greek Fire, an ancient incendiary weapon of mass destruction.
9wKrB TIL about the "Rabbit Test," a human pregnancy test created in 1931. It involved injecting urine from a woman into a female rabbit. If the rabbit's ovaries showed enlargement upon dissection, it indicated the woman was likely pregnant, with about a 98% certainty. This was utilized until the 1970s.
ANgVa TIL PT Barnum's intended 'Jenny Lind Hall' wasn't complete in time for the opera singer's U.S. tour. Establishing opera for the masses in the U.S., her shows were a smash hit. The theater later became NY Metropolitan Hall.
arG9 TIL GoldenEye 007 was developed by an inexperienced team; eight of its ten developers had never previously worked on video games