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TIL that Ronald Reagan gave info on fellow actors to the FBI, and later received political favors from J Edgar Hoover

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9wKXD TIL Ancient Egyptians tested for pregnancy by having potential moms urinate on bags containing wheat and barley; if they sprouted shortly after it was a sign of pregnancy. A 1963 study reproduced the results as 70% accurate.
4krR TIL that Socrates’ would walk, according to historians, with “ a swagger so intimidating that enemy soldiers kept their distance” and “barefoot and unwashed, carrying a stick and looking arrogant”
6EDXX TIL that an artist set up an installation in a Namibian desert to play Toto's Africa for all eternity
p86xZ TIL The Philadelphia Experiment is a military experiment carried out by the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime around October 28, 1943. The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Eldridge was rendered invisible. Lots of docus and movies
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