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TIL: Loofahs don’t come from the sea. They’re gourds!

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kJ89W TIL about Operation Midnight Climax, a CIA program in the 1950s and 1960s that involved the use of prostitutes to lure unwitting individuals into apartments that had been set up with hidden cameras and microphones. Part of MK-Ultra
neZKP TIL of the "first night effect". During the first night in unfamiliar surroundings the left side of the brain stays awake and the right ear, which is connected to the left side of the brain, remains more alert to unusual sounds.
JBmk TIL Geckskin is a superstrong adhesive based on Gecko feet that can hold up to 700lbs on a smooth wall. Developed at UMass (and funded by DARPA), it can easily attach and detach heavy everyday objects such as televisions or computers to walls, as well as medical and industrial applications.
9wNoB TIL that in 1951, Clint Eastwood survived an ocean plane crash off point Reyes. Surviving the initial impact, Eastwood miraculously swam back to shore after being thrown off his life raft, in rough shark infested water. He was 21 years old.
A8jw TIL that in addition to upper and lowercase, there’s also camel case. It’sWhenYouWriteLikeThis.