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TIL in 1950 all Northrop Corporations Flying Wing aircraft contracts were canceled abruptly without explanation. Shortly thereafter, also without explanation, the Air Force smelted down all prototypes using portable smelters brought to Northrop’s facility, in plain sight of its employees.

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wLW7E TIL about Zachary Sabin, an 11-year-old child who died from water intoxication after drinking 4 bottles of water (each 0.7l) over 4 hours without eating anything. This happened after his parents forced him to drink water because his urine was dark.
e01JL TIL, Red Army had combat camels in its ranks. They were deployed near Astrakhan in the summer of 1942, during the initial phase of the Battle of Stalingrad. More than 300 camels were used to transport goods and artillery in the war, with many being killed and others left in zoos across East Europe
j4Rv TIL that when filming the movie Titanic they only built the port side of the ship. Scenes showing the starboard side were flipped in post production. As a result of this everything on the starboard side of the ship, from lettering to the buttons on costumes, had to be backwards during filming.
BrKjy TIL the 2007 horror movie "Paranormal Activity" was made on a budget of $15,000 and grossed $193 million at the box office.
rRvBy TIL Squirrels are responsible for many of the power outages in the United States. The American Public Power Association has collected data on the issue for years and has come to one clear conclusion - "expect a higher incidence of squirrel-related outages in the spring and fall."