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TIL that when President Kennedy asked the Mexican ambassador to declare Cuba a threat to their security he replied that “40 million Mexicans will die laughing.”

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Rw9 TIL scientists have found a way to make an invisibility cloak, which led to “time cloaks,” that can make entire events invisible.
oWbW TIL “Wet houses”–permanent supportive housing where formerly homeless, chronic alcoholics are allowed to drink and live–saved Seattle over $4 million in the first year and continually saves lives
eyxD TIL NORAD has had to intercept 12-18 Russian bombers annually at the Canadian border since 2007.
9L1Q TIL That there was an actual “Super Hero Movement” in Seattle led by a mixed martial artist who went by the name, Phoenix Jones. They stopped multiple assaults and robberies, and disbanded in 2014.
Egn1W TIL We call heavy armoured fighting vehicles Tanks to keep their nature secret. The British pretended that they were water carriers or water tanks.