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TIL that the US Government once experimented with seeding clouds to weaken hurricanes (Project Stormfury), ultimately learning that their method was just duplicating a process which already occurs naturally (eyewall replacement).

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8aYkP TIL In 1972, the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau captured two frames that appeared to suggest the presence of two large, unidentified animals. Three years later, in June 1975, a single camera captured what became known as the “Gargoyle shot” that appeared to show a large head with horny protrusions
xV68w TIL that thermostats sense the temperature with a strip of two different metals fastened together. Because the metals expand at different rates, it causes the strip to curve, breaking or completing the circuit at different temperatures.
R7e7a TIL of Nepal’s 288% automobile tax rate. If you were to buy a car that costs 10k in the US, it would cost around 30k in Nepal.
5YY5B TIL That the US Coast Guard still has a tall sailing ship in active service, the USCGC Eagle
E1jRX TIL US Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman is responsible for the first-ever recorded mention of a squirt gun in 1865.