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TIL The B-29 bomber program was the most expensive project of WWII, costing roughly ~50% more than the entire Manhattan Project

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R7jXj TIL John F. Kennedy Donated His Congressional & Presidential Salaries to Charity
xVJp5 TIL that a male platypus has ankle spurs that are capable of delivering a wicked sting. So wicked that the excruciating pain can incapacitate an adult human. The pain is also long-lasting, and can even turn into a condition called hyperalgesia.
DQnrg TIL although we live in a 3D world, we can only see 2 dimensions. The brain uses information about the difference between the 2 images from each eye to work out the third dimension which is depth.
grQp7 TIL As part of a live-fire test of a nuclear air-to-air rocket, 5 U.S. air crewmen agreed to stand directly beneath the nuclear explosion to prove it would not affect ground populations
R5jO1 TIL that Ja Rule avoided a lawsuit by successfully arguing that nobody bought tickets to see him