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TIL that In 1842, experiments we're conducted to determine the windspeed needed to pluck a chicken for tornado research

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yDEV TIL in the film Ghostbusters II (1989) a woman appearing with Bill Murray on the World of the Psychic says the world will end February 14th, 2016
waN6 TIL of a P51 fighter pilot captured by the Japanese after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Under torture for info about the Manhattan Project - which he was ignorant of - Marcus McDilda made up a lie that the US had 100 bombs and that Tokyo was the next target. Japan soon surrendered.
8ayLK TIL there are Lavender, Pink, & White Panther Parties
Z856G TIL that in 1275, the theft of a cow by a peasant led to a war that resulted in 15,000 deaths on the territory of present-day Belgium.
V19B TIL - The first webcam watched a coffee pot. It allowed researchers at Cambridge to monitor the coffee situation without leaving their desks.