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TIL of The Thing - a listening device in a carving of the Great Seal of the United States. A gift from the USSR to the US, it hung in the embassy for 7 years. It contained no electronics and would activate when a radio signal of the correct frequency was transmitted to it.

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Ooja6 TIL: In 1841 during a naval battle between Argentina and Uruguay, the ship from Uruguay ran out of cannonballs. The captain ordered his men to shove the hard balls of cheese they had onboard into the cannons and to fire those. The cheese tore holes in the Argentine ship's sails and killed 2 sailors.
b9pj TIL This is the first known painting by Salvador Dali. Which he painted when he was SIX years old.
KOgrR TIL that most "close door" elevator buttons in the US are disabled due to the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires people with disabilities to be able to get into elevators safely.
looKN TIL Jamaica is the only country flag without red, white or blue.
E1KNP TIL the skull on the moth covering Jodie Foster’s mouth on the poster for Silence Of The Lambs is actually 7 female bodies as depicted by Salvador Dali and represent the movies victims