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TIL the American food corporation General Mills had an engineering division that built surveillance balloons that spied on Eastern Bloc countries, and built a deep-sea submersible that surveyed the Titanic wreck and helped recover a hydrogen bomb from the Mediterranean Ocean.

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4X0b6 TIL In the German city of Wolfsburg, created for Volkswagen workers, there is a football club owned by Volkswagen, which plays at the Volkswagen stadium and which was coached by a manager called Wolfgang Wolf
b9EZ9 TIL that since 1944 all British tanks are equipped with a BV, Boiling Vessel, for making tea, it is considered by crewmembers (not entirely in jest) as the most important piece of equipment in a British armoured vehicle.
6EGZ8 TIL about ‘White Nose Syndrome’, a disease that causes a white fungus to appear on the noses of north American bats, eventually leading to their deaths. 5.7 million bats have died since it’s discovery in 2006.
67Nw TIL that the top 8 participants in Olympic events go home with an Olympic Diploma
wLZ68 TIL Narcissistic people are more likely to be compulsive Facebook users. Facebook addiction is also associated with depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms.