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TIL Space shuttles have blunt tips creating as much drag as possible to create a blanket of pressure protecting the shuttle from fire while entering earth’s atmosphere

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oZ1L TIL that whale’s vomit is worth $5,000+ per pound.
WxO8 TIL the U.S. Army created a giant four-legged robot in 1969. Called the “walking truck,” it could lift a jeep and walk 5 MPH, but it never saw field use because the operator - who controlled each limb with one of his own - would become exhausted after just 15 minutes.
ELkw Today I learned that the FBI issued a report 10 years ago on findings that the KKK and white supremacist groups had strategically infiltrated law enforcement agencies
dDvJj TIL when Mentos makers saw a chemistry teacher create a soda geyser several feet high by dropping Mentos into Diet Coke on the Late Show. They devised a consumer misuse campaign encouraging user-generated videos and signing content creators to create a trend that acheive a 20% sales spike.
wKko TIL that Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts all ban interest on loans