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rBmx TIL Since 1965, a nuclear reactor has been orbiting the Earth. It’s broken now but will continue its orbit for another 4000 years
J9yj TIL one man’s genes from 4000-6000 years ago contributes to approximately 50% of the male population in 11 European countries.
neYar TIL During the D-Day invasion, the Allies dropped thousands of decoy dummy paratroopers called Ruperts that couldn't be distinguished from real paratroopers at a distance, these fakes sent Nazi forces chasing them inland in pursuit while real paratroops landed closer to Cherborg and Caen
v6mr TIL: The MAXIMUM entry age for new air traffic controllers to be accepted by the FAA is 30.
ojL8 TIL that in 1971, on the day before Bangladesh officially won its Liberation War, Pakistani soldiers kidnapped the brightest Bengali intellectuals–writers, philosophers, historians, mathematicians, physicists, poets–and slaughtered them in the middle of the night.