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TIL After a Japanese balloon bomb knocked out power to the Manhattan Project's Hanford nuclear site in WW2 the plan for stopping the next balloon was to fly up in a plane and throw bricks at it.

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4kM4a TIL the first thing the one-armed John Lind did the moments after he was finished with his term as Minnesota’s Governor was go to a local newspaper and punch the face of an editor who had questioned his loyalty to the US during his term.
DQgNP TIL that the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota is the only American National Park named directly after a single person.
a8v8A TIL Scientists breed goats that produce spider silk
R7lmw TIL Killer-whale mothers often stay with their adult sons for their whole lives. Killer-whale mothers also help their sons find mating opportunities, so they're more likely to become grandmothers
l0eK TIL the novel ‘Dracula’ was not a bestseller when it was first released, and Bram Stoker died not knowing he had created one of the most famous stories of all time.