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TIL that Project Stargate was a CIA plan to use psychic powers for spying

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v1JeR TIL that in 1918, during WWI, the Germans protested the use of the Model 97 shotgun "trenchbroom" by the USA, arguing it violated the rules of the Hague Conventions. The Americans replied almost immediately that the protest was ironic coming from the guys using flamethrowers and poison gas.
WknXA TIL Saturday Night Live still uses cue cards instead of teleprompters, and Wally Feresten has been doing it for over 30 years.
ZpJZQ Today I learned it takes about 21 gallons of water to produce one ear of corn.
YxkA TIL David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader didn’t know Vader said ‘I am your father’ until the film’s premier and has seen little or no royalties from Return of the Jedi
E46p TIL: John Sedwick made fun of his troops for being afraid of being shot by snipers, his final words were “they couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” right before being shot and killed by a sniper