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TIL painting fake aircraft canopies onto the bottom of fighter planes is a technique used to confuse enemy jets about which side of an airplane is up versus down, buying critical moments of disorientation in an aerial battle.

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a8eRM TIL 350 languages are spoken within the United States
ADBdx TIL in most ordinary people, our two ears are not equally good at processing verbal input: there is a right ear advantage (REA) that makes us perceive verbal input from this side more clearly
xZM1 TIL The US Government spent 20 years and $20m on an experimental project to test and train telepaths for military use
D1YVV TIL the military under Richard Nixon was ordered not to react to any orders from the president due to his depression.
KY4a TIL The highest paid hedge fund manager made $3 billion last year. That’s just under $1.5 million dollars an hour.