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TIL that Project Pigeon was America's attempt to develop a pigeon-controlled guided bomb during WWII

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WyEB TIL that famous philosopher Bertrand Russell contemplated suicide as a teenager but chose against it because he wanted to learn more about mathematics.
eywn TIL that the shape of Pringles potato chips (a hyperbolic paraboloid) was designed using a supercomputer to be aerodynamically stable so they don’t fly off the manufacturing line.
DQQ9e TIL For its 50th anniversary, Cup Noodle got rid of the plastic stickers on the bottom of the cup used to close the container and replaced it with a two tab lid. The change saves 33 tons of plastic waste per year.
47QR TIL if Finding Nemo had been biologically accurate, Nemo’s dad would’ve switched sexes after Nemo’s mom died and mated with his son.
0wG5M TIL Ted Turner, the owner of CNN, has a bitter personal feud with Rupert Murdoch, the owner of NewsCorp. Turner has publicly challenged Murdoch to a televised fistfight in 1983 and 2003.