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TIL "After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, 365" USAF B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers "were destroyed under the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The aircraft were stripped of usable parts, chopped into five pieces with a 13,000 pound steel blade and sold for scrap at 12 cents per pound."

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VKrk TIL that in an advert with Scarlett Johansson, her boobs aren’t actually the focus of people (via eye tracking). The face and even the brand being advertised is.
rRngo TIL: how to convert miles to kms. Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21... Let any term be the no. of miles & the next term is≈ the no. of kms: 2miles≈3km|3miles≈5km|5miles≈8km|8 miles≈13km. The ratio of consecutive terms converges to the golden ratio (1.618), & the no. of kms in a mile=1.609
jLBX TIL that one of the assassins who attempted to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand threw a grenade but missed the Archduke’s car. He swallowed cyanide and jumped in the River Miljacka, the cyanide was old and did not work, and the river was only 10cm deep. He was captured seconds later.
9w0vD TIL in 1980s Britain a particular ad campaign helped cure a slump in Levis sales, increasing demand such that supply became a problem
R74Kw TIL that Japanese researchers have created a chair that can read a person's "butt fingerprint" by registering an individual's unique contour and pressure distribution. It might one day be used in cars as an anti-theft mechanism.