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TIL that during the 1980s, the Soviet Union conducted an experiment in which they used geese as guard animals for their missile bases. The geese were found to be better than dogs at detecting intruders because they were less easily distracted.

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Lg90 TIL After Soviet authorities released The Grapes of Wrath as propaganda against the injustices of American capitalism, they were forced to backtrack and ban the film as audiences were instead impressed with how even poor rural American farmers owned cars
GYKL4 TIL that the United States has a strategic stockpile of mechanical ventilators, for deployment in a national health emergency
GYye4 TIL the slogan "Don't Mess with Texas" began as an anti-littering campaign in 1985 targeted at "bubbas in pickup trucks" who littered beer cans out of their vehicles and ordinary Texans who believed that littering was a "God-given right".
OBV1 TIL Thomas Edison was a fan of a trapeze artist who performed strength and endurance-based strip teases.
nLp9 TIL when Charlie Sheen was being sentenced for using a prostitute, the judge asked him why a man like him would have to pay for sex. Sheen reportedly replied: “I don’t pay them for sex. I pay them to leave.”