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TIL: Notorious KKK Leader Was Once Caught With a Black Male Prostitute

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9bdQ TIL that the windshield of the SR-71 Blackbird can reach a temperature of over 600°F during flights at mach 3. It had to be made of quartz and was ultrasonically fused to the titanium hull in order to handle the stress.
9mZD TIL Coca-Cola created a campaign to promote unity between India and Pakistan by using high-end vending machines which allowed people in both countries to communicate with each other in real-time.
X08P TIL there’s a resort in Finland where you sleep in a glass igloo to watch the northern lights!
wPLE TIL there is a Train station in Sweden that uses people’s body heat to warm adjacent buildings
VBka0 TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them.