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TIL about Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT) - a team of skilled fighters in top physical condition who interpret meteorological data, often in hostile territory, and deliver crucial information to air and ground forces.

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0j5L TIL that Henry Ford had a “Sociological Department” that would show up at employees’ homes unannounced to make sure it was clean and the kids were going to school.
WkR6N TIL that the December 19, 1987 episode of Saturday Night Live was hosted by the singer Paul Simon and US Senator Paul Simon.
0wk55 TIL That there was a design flaw in the Huygens lander's communications system. Scientists were unable to make a firmware update on the Cassini Spacecraft, so they plotted an alternative orbital trajectory that would use the Doppler effect to correct the programming error.
XEddD TIL: the federation process that saw the creation of the nation of Australia originally involved Fiji and New Zealand. they chose not to join.
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