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TIL Lockheed was originally “Loughead” but changed later to prevent mispronunciation

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wvaY TIL that people with anxiety perceive the world differently-their brain lumps both safe and unsafe things together and labels them all unsafe.
oY0E TIL that during the Normandy Allied Invasion Bill Millin, a Scottish Piper, played his bagpipes as he walked the beach while the carnage erupted around him. He later asked captured German prisoners why they hadn’t shot at him. They said they thought he was on a suicide mission and was clearly mad.
9aV7 TIL an American who disappeared in China in 2004 is strongly suspected of having been kidnapped by North Korean agents and may still be alive in Pyongyang.
4XLAw TIL An adult male lion, if he’s lucky and durable, might attain the advanced age of 12 in the wild.
MPD0 TIL Jacqueline Kennedy wore her blood-splattered pink Chanel suit for the rest of the day after JFK’s assassination. When asked to change her outfit, she replied “I want them to see what they have done to Jack.”