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TIL about Richard Passman, an engineer who worked on the Corona, the spy satellite that informed the U.S. of Russian nuclear power. He died of Corona.

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j69jR TIL that the American Revolutionary War extended to the modern-day Bahamas where Continental Marines conducted the Marine Corps’ first ever amphibious landing in Nassau to seize gunpowder.
xVlMo TIL: A survivor of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris sued French media after giving away his location, on live TV, during the shooting.
NXXaE TIL that Best Foods mayo and Hellman’s mayo are one and the same. So if their logos and packaging look similar, it’s because when Best Foods bought Hellmans they decided to merge the branding to retain Hellman’s loyal customers. Another example is Dreyer’s and Edy’s ice cream.
N6nQ TIL That fulmars, a type of seabird, vomit a putrid fishy oil on their assailants in self-defense. Not only does it smell horrific, but it’s lethal to predatory birds because it permanently glues their feathers together.
WkyQ4 TIL existing power lines can be used to simultaneously transmit data and electrical power. There are applications for broadband transmission.