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TIL there is a company that will orchestrate your own kidnapping, torture and interrogation for money. Just to see how much you can take. You can set up a kidnap-window anywhere around a few days to six weeks. You’re still in control with two special words; the moderator word and the end word.

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p86xZ TIL The Philadelphia Experiment is a military experiment carried out by the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime around October 28, 1943. The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Eldridge was rendered invisible. Lots of docus and movies
6E5Rl TIL CBS’ online business carries a D- BBB rating for exploiting predatory practices that make it extremely difficult to cancel subscriptions, refusing refunds, and participating in misleading advertising aimed at signing up new customers through free trials
ONM4 TIL Military service dogs always outrank their handler. This is out of respect and to prevent abuse of the dogs as the handler would be subject to severe disciplinary action for abusing a higher ranking officer.
NaEb TIL A North Carolina town banned the use of solar panels because they thought it would “suck up all the energy from the sun”.
mxb1x TIL that The Republic of Estonia is digitalized and their government is completely running in the clouds.