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TIL that Barbie has Parents, 8 siblings (2 of which are now discontinued) and chose never to have children

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nWrkY TIL In the 1950s the CIA would spread rumors of vampires in the Philippines to dissuade communist rebels. They would ambush the back member of a patrol silently, kill them before draining them of blood and poking two holes in their neck before leaving the body just off the road.
lOR5 TIL of megalithic ruins in Indonesia that push human civilization as far back as 20,000 bce, before the end of the last ice age.
Aj54 TIL the Swiss Air Force is only operational weekdays between 8am-5pm, closing for lunch between 12pm-1:30pm. In 2014, they were unable to intercept a highjacked airliner because they weren’t open yet that morning.
KOEaQ TIL Grateful Dead played the final concert at the iconic Winterland venue in San Francisco on New Years Eve 1978 which lasted over 8 hours. The guests were treated to a hot buffet breakfast at dawn when the show ended.
Nlb6 TIL titanium can osseointegrate, which means that it can fuse with bones and is one of the reasons why it is used extensively in biomedical implants