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TIL: The US Department of Defense pays the NFL for propaganda

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rNaRW TIL English model Jean Shrimpton caused a sensation when, in 1965, she arrived at a Melbourne Derby Day wearing a white shift dress that ended 10 cm above the knee. The controversial event is considered as having been responsible for the birth and success of the miniskirt
xVkE5 TIL the famous Windows XP background is a photo called "Bliss". The photo is completely unedited and is a real place in California.
MePbK TIL that the higher pitched voice we use when talking to dogs and pets is called "dog-directed speech" and may actually serve a purpose.
ePb6 TIL that Israeli secret service, the Mossad, hatched a plan in the 1950s to bomb areas in Egypt where Americans gathered, and make these attacks appear to be the work of Muslim extremists. The plot was discovered and it’s known as ‘The Lavon Affair’.
jNb7X TIL that A team of paleontologists has discovered 17 million-year-old sperm inside tiny shrimp fossils encased in bat guano on the walls of a cave in Queensland, Australia