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TIL The K-25 Plant Cost 8.6 Billion Adjusted for Inflation

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pY85e TIL, the reason for many serial Killers "having three names", such as John Wayne Gacy, Henry Lee Lucas, Lee Harvey Oswald, is actually a convention of media reporting, under the assumption that by using the middle name people with the same first and last name will not be misidentified as the killer.
6EY9Q TIL During the 1910s–1930s there were a series of murders of Osage people in Oklahoma. The murders intent was likely taking Osage land, which was producing oil and earned lucrative royalties. The US government managed the land leases and was forced to pay $380 million in 2011 for unpaid royalties.
Wky88 TIL George Washington established the 'Contingency Fund for Foreign Intercourse', which funded spying operations in Europe. By 1793 it consumed 12% of the federal budget.
xQAg TIL the man who invented autopilot was also the founding member of the mile-high club.
awmr9 TIL Of all the planets in the solar system, Venus is the most similar in size to Earth - its diameter is 0.95 and its mass is 0.82 in relation to the Earth’s size - gravity on the surface is 0.9 G. The problem is in the surface temperature which is about 470 C, the pressure is around 93 bar.