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TIL the CIA ran Project Fat Fucker in 1952, which resulted in the overthrow of the Egyptian government

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4pYN TIL A paraglider was sucked into a storm for over 40 minutes, passed out and reached a height of 32,000ft - higher than Mount Everest.
OQA6 TIL that Martine Rothblatt made millions by inventing satellite radio. When her daughter was diagnosed w/ pulmonary hypertension, she earned a PhD in bioethics & formed a biotech company that licensed drugs to treat her daughter’s illness from other companies, making them much more widely available
kO8W7 TIL that the second largest Air Force in the world is the US navy
d8Y9Q TIL J.R.R Tolkien considered various different title including 'The Magic Ring' but later settled on 'Lord of the Rings'
WNeL TIL Mongolia’s navy consists of a tugboat manned by 7 people, only one of whom can swim