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TIL the first Super Bowl halftime show featured jetpacks flying around the stadium, but were originally developed for military use by Bell Aerosystems and funded by the US Army.

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OorZ7 TIL that Kazakhstan was the entire Soviet Union for 4 days
xQJg TIL in 2013, Melbourne, Australia assigned it’s trees individual email address with the idea that if citizens had any concerns they could make reports. The plan backfired due to people sending love letters to their favorite trees.
4XRa6 TIL that "A Quiet Place" was edited on mute for over a month, and the first two cuts of the film were done with absolutely no sound.
ZARa TIL that the red, white, and blue stripes on a barbers pole represent arterial blood, bandages, and venous blood respectively. This is due to the fact that barbers used to perform minor surgeries as well as grooming services.
Gk9Q TIL That the main reason the U.S. did not drop the atomic bomb on Kyoto is that Secretary of War Henry Stimson wanted to preserve the cultural center where he had spent his honeymoon.