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TIL Mormons do secret handshakes through curtains to practice getting into heaven

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yQexX TIL that in 1945, Kodak accidentally discovered the US were secretly testing nuclear bombs because the fallout made their films look fogged
9wVD7 Til 2 out of the 5 top U.S foreign aid recipients since WWII are failed states that no longer exist
1a9W7 TIL in the 1870s, an 11 time Mexican President exiled to Staten Island, partnered with New Jersey inventor to sell gum to fund an army to return to power once more. After he gave up and returned to Mexico, his partner went on to create what we know as chewing gum sticks today.
JYxjj TIL that during the Vietnam War, USAF Major Philip W. Handley achieved the world's only supersonic air-to-air gun kill, when he shot down a North Vietnamese MiG-19 while flying F-4 Phantom and using F-4's 20mm cannon, at 1.2 mach (800 kts).
NDG6 TIL a registry system in post-war England allowed clowns to copyright their makeup designs against imitators by painting them onto eggs.