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TIL the term "conspiracy theory" is itself the subject of a conspiracy theory whereby the CIA intentionally popularized it after the Kennedy assassination to discredit and ridicule conspiratorial believers

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eVd6 TIL a pilot landed a F-15 with only one wing left.
j6jlX TIL "Tater Tots" were invented by Nephi Grigg, co-founder of Ore-Ida in 1953 using excess potato shavings from making frozen french fries. Originally, these shavings were sold as livestock feed.
9kxX TIL A man looking for his hammer with a metal detector found one of the largest hoards of Roman gold and silver ever found in Britain
6Nwl TIL that if the Jumping Ant queen dies, the workers will struggle for dominance and one will emerge as the new queen. It will swell in size, start laying eggs, and live up to 10 times longer than it would have as a worker.
pxye TIL that into the 1950s the most reliable and fastest pregnancy test was to expose female toads to the woman’s urine. If the woman was pregnant, elevated levels of the hormone hCG would cause the toad to develop eggs within 24 hours.