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TIL about Project Venona, the US effort to decrypt KGB/GRU intercepts leading to some of the greatest intelligence breakthroughs during the cold war. Including exposing critical Soviet assets, (ie. the Rosenbergs, David Greenglass, and Kim Philby)

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x6j1B TIL About Charles Smith. A former Pathologist in Toronto many of the convictions resulting from his testimony/autopsies were overturned when an inquiry revealed he had willingly allowed personal bias to influence his work and that he had knowingly lied on the stand.
VjXZ TIL: To get Gene Hackman to shave off his mustache for the role of Lex Luthor in ‘Superman’, director Richard Donner promised to shave off his own mustache. After Gene had his removed, Donner revealed his was a fake one from the makeup department.
Vbnm TIL Boeing has created Microlattice,the world’s lightest metal which is 99.99% air.
DQQ7J TIL that Daniel Daly received his first Medal of Honor for single-handedly killing over 200 enemy soldiers through the night in 1900
WPG4 TIL The oldest breed of cat is the Egyptian Mau. It is so old in fact that it’s name translates simply to Cat in Ancient Egyptian.