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TIL the test pilot for the first fighter jet would fly dressed as a gorilla in a hat to allow US Air Force psychologists to gaslight other pilots into believing they hadn't witnessed a “gorilla, wearing a derby hat, waving a stogie at them” flying a fast-moving plane without a propeller

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D1DZg TIL that North Korea has an official news site with an English translation
yp1l TIL Stephen King wrote a handwritten review for Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix in which he said Dolores Umbridge was the best fictional villain since Hannibal Lecter.
mx7nY TIL that in the past few years, at the same time that the NFL's "Super Bowl" is being played, the Aquarium of the Pacific (in the Californian city of Long Beach) holds the "Otter Bowl", with the otters playing with footballs made from frozen clams
LdMr TIL The Chinese title for the film Pretty Woman is “I Will Marry a Prostitute to Save Money”
jNlaM TIL that people who are born blind have more nightmares than the average person and that they are used to help develop better coping mechanisms for dangerous events in waking life such as getting hit by a car or getting lost.