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TIL fleas jump using actual, microscopic gears in their legs.

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kJYoB TIL about Operation Popeye, where the US attempted to weaponize the weather during the Vietnam War by extending the monsoon season to disrupt North Vietnam's logistics
WkEMX TIL that Elvis Presley‘s autopsy report will not be released until the year 2027, on the fiftieth anniversary of his death
VMjn8 TIL that the first American newspaper, Publick Occurrences, was published September 25, 1690
JE4V TIL that, after surviving a year-long experiment on an isolated island for a British reality TV show, ten contestants learned that the show had been canceled 4 months into production.
WJg4 TIL After leaving office, Harry Truman lived on $113 a month