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TIL about Project Azorian. In 1974 the CIA built a gigantic claw and lowered it three miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to snag the entire wreck of a sunken Soviet submarine. And they partially succeeded.

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VB1w0 TIL - The first automotive recall was for the Ford Model T due to chigger bites. Ford either used Spanish Moss for seat padding or Spanish Moss as stuffing for Cypress wood crates, with the Cypress being used for the dashboard. Both items created a small ecosystem for the chiggers.
4kyLR TIL Gwen Stefani's older brother Eric was an animator on The Simpsons and drew the band into the episode "Homerpalooza" (1996)
OR5R TIL: A Chinese farmer studied law for 16 years’ to defeat a corporation dumping hazardous chemical waste near his land
jN7n TIL that Major Charles Sweeny, pilot of the B29 that nuked Nagasaki, ignored direct orders during the bombing, nearly causing the plane to crash from low fuel. Instead of investigating Sweeny’s conduct, the chief of staff for the Strategic Air Forces simply stated “You fucked up, didn’t you, Chuck?”
kOkEe TIL that treason is the only crime defined in the United States Constitution, but it is almost never prosecuted.