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TIL the US government utilized weather warfare during Vietnam

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DQekD TIL that Robin Williams' suicide is misunderstood by many, and that depression/alcoholism was not the cause.
7rDxZ TIL Moths can't fly during earthquakes because of their lack of ear canals, making them unable to steer themselves
J11R1 TIL of the Villa Rose, which appears to be a harmless, pink, two story family in the Swiss country side, but actually is a disguised military installation, that hid massive guns and was part of the so-called Toblerone line built to protected Switzerland from invasion.
OG9ge TIL Big Ben has a Prison Room. Last time it was used as a prison room was in 1880, when a newly elected atheist member of Parliament refused to swear an oath to the Queen.
9YaxX TIL that in the history of AI research there's a time period called as AI winter, it is a period of reduced funding and interest in artificial intelligence research. A few scientists survived that. And currently we're in the AI spring, where AI is doing wonders.