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TIL that Pitcairn Island, one of the most remote islands in the world, is populated by 50 people, and you can visit!

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ne0dr TIL of a 1972 CIA project to wiretap enemy phone lines deep within North Vietnam. The helicopter used in the operation, developed at Area 51, was the quietest ever built. In the dead of night, its pilots flew 100-200 feet above North Vietnamese farmers and anti-aircraft guns without being detected.
bgyp TIL that Ferrari engines are musically engineered to sound perfect by utilizing 3rd and 6th harmonics on the air intake, like a flute or organ.
LQJZ TIL Napoleon Bonaparte designed the Italian flag.
4N8o TIL that tribes in the Amazon are using technology like GPS and Google Earth to map their lands, monitor for illegal logging and mining, and maintain ties to their history and cultural traditions including knowledge of medicinal plants
OoVMe TIL that Mary Shelley wrote a novella about a father's incestuous love to his daughter, and Mary gave it to her father to review, who called it "disgusting and detestable".