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TIL GPS was opened up for public use in 1983 by Ronald Reagan following a Korean Airlines flight being shot down after wandering into Soviet airspace

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wyrP TIL That out of the 238 years that the United States of America has been a nation, 216 of those years has been in conflict or war, which is about 90% of the time.
W6vY TIL That according to Jayne Gackenbach,a psychologist, people who frequently play video games are more likely than non-gamers to have lucid dreams where they view themselves from outside their bodies;they were also better able to influence their dream worlds,as if controlling a video-game character.
R7pl1 TIL that beavers build dams because they hate the sound of running water. A researcher set up speakers that played the audio of running water in multiple beaver populated areas, and the next morning found them to be covered in layers of sticks and mud.
8av8V TIL that plague is not a synonym for epidemic, but actually a specific disease. Bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic plague are all caused by the same bacteria: Yersinia Pestis
LNAp TIL There is a vigilante group of women in India whose mission includes beating up abusive husbands.