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TIL the panama canal turns 100 today

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XEoMX TIL: 'One of the largest human experiments in history' was conducted on unsuspecting residents of San Francisco. Over the next 20 years, the military would conduct 239 "germ-warfare" tests…
x0wg Today I learned that an FBI agent sold secrets to the Soviets and Russia for 22 years, and when caught said, “what took you so long?”
ADbZ4 TIL squirrels will pretend to bury nuts to thwart other squirrels who want to steal the nuts they bury
KYdMQ TIL the true story of Moby Dick. A whale sunk a crew’s main ship - leaving 3 sailboats. They’d live if they sailed to a nearby island. Out of fear from (false) stories of cannibalism, they tried going back to the mainland. In tragic irony, they got lost at sea and had to resort to cannibalism.
XpOj TIL Airlines are beginning to use charcoal in their seats to absorb the smell of your farts