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TIL when Seal Team Six was founded, there were only two other Seal teams. Richard Marcinko purportedly named the unit SEAL Team Six in order to confuse other nations, specifically the Soviet Union, into believing that the United States had at least three other SEAL teams that they were unaware of.

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nWrB7 TIL the history of Jules Brunet , The historic figure who inspired "the last samurai ". In september 1868 this decorated captain who was a painter and a graduate of Saint-Cyr Polythecnique school decided to unofficially stay in Japan and Fight with the Shogun Forces against the Meiji Empire .
amJy TIL that Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece to the Leader of Scientology, did not know about the story of Xenu until she learned it from the South Park episode: Trapped in the Closet.
oB4W7 TIL MIT researchers were able to capture sound from a soundless video of a chip bag using a high FPS camera recording. All sound causes objects to vibrate and using advanced software, they were able to match the vibrations shown in the chip bag to the respective audio frequencies.
eyxk TIL that it is near impossible to incapacitate someone with chloroform against their will. It would tak nearly 5 minutes of constant inhanling to render a target incapacitated.
ZN9Q TIL…In 1937, John D. Rockafeller Jr. and Andrew Mellon we’re appointed to a “National Share the Wealth Committee”. They suggested limiting fortunes to $5,000,000, anything over that amount would be put into a trust for poorer Americans.