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TIL - The CIA produced a prototype device that looked like a scrotum, so downed pilots could conceal a small escape radio.

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X0npD TIL about Nasir Geblli, a genius Iranian-American programmer for Final Fantasy I-III. His accomplishments include the airship, the first RPG mini game, and many more
KOyJ9 TIL in 1983, 50 corporations controlled 90% of the American media, including magazines, books, music, news feeds, newspapers, movies, radio and television. By 1992 that number had dropped by half. By 2000, six corporations had ownership of most media, and today five dominate the industry.
6bpZ TIL that the Pentagon alone has never been audited, leaving roughly $8.5 trillion in taxpayer dollars unaccounted for since 1996.
m1gNY TIL the F*ck Tree is an oak tree in north London noted for its slender trunk which has been used for cruising since the 19th century.
woKY8 TIL Nazi General Loringhoven was inside the Führerbunker during the last days of Nazi Germany. He attempted to escape, was captured by Allied forces, and later became a NATO commander, retiring as Inspector General of the Armed Forces of West Germany in 1973.