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TIL - Gordie Howe personally provided the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” a copy of his #9 Red Wings jersey

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D1yYv TIL the US Army Signal Corp(USASC) successfully bounced radar signals off the moon in 1946, paving the way for future space communication
0EAA TIL From 1994 to 2013: there are substantially fewer murders, robberies, rapes, aggravated assaults, property crimes, and burglaries….despite the US population increasing by almost 60 million people.
nea7W TIL "addiction" was a Roman term for a slave, and originated from a latin myth where former slave Addictus would roam the earth with his chains attached, as he grew comfortable with the way they felt
woAZJ TIL: Scientists in Florida are being paid to sneak up on iguanas and kill them at night . They use a range of tools from specialized bolt guns to solid objects to their own research equipment as they claim it is the most "humane" method to deal with invasive predators.
DQXaV TIL that Aphantasia is a neurological phenomenon where individuals can't create voluntary mental images, including visual, auditory, or sensory representations in the mind's eye.