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TIL an Atlas nuclear missile silo in Kansas was converted to luxury condos for survivalists

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KOEE6 TIL Alarm fatigue is when alarms go off, or are tested, so often that we are desensitised to them.
wL4O8 TIL that Merian C. Cooper, director of the original King Kong, led the Kościuszko Squadron (a 21-American volunteer air force) in battle against the Soviet 1st Cavalry Army, saving the city of Lwów and stopping the spread of communism throughout Europe.
XEYAQ TIL that the sound used when planes are going down and crashing in films is the sound of a siren fitted onto a Nazi dive bomber. The siren was fazed out towards the end of the war since the siren had considerable drag and the pilots hated having to listen to the whine during the entire flight.
KONOw TIL the Bergamot Orange (used to give Earl Grey Tea its distinct citrus flavor) is exclusively grown in Italy... yet it has never been (and apparently cannot be) grown in Bergamo, Italy.
5VJeQ TIL Sharks are older than land vertebrates, older than trees, older even than the rings of Saturn.