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TIL Project A119 : a top-secret project to nuke the Moon

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woJxo TIL in 2011, Dr. Pepper Ten's "It's not for women" ad campaign included a Facebook page that was for men only and the label and cans for the drink used "gunmetal gray" so it would appeal to men. About 40% of the people at the time who tried it were women.
QN8Vd TIL: Paper planes were not made to mimic air planes. They predate airplanes by more than 2000 years.
RomQ TIL Since 2003, Elizabeth Laird “The Hug Lady” has hugged over 500,000 American soldiers who have arrived and departed from Fort Hood, Texas
KpZ6 TIL- that an octopuses most rigid body parts are its eyes and if it can fit its eye through a hole it can fit its entire body through it
kOEyE TIL during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, storms were so severe that its clouds blew smoke as far away as Boston, MA. Red snow fell on New England in winter 1934-1935. It was the largest American exodus in history, with over 86k relocating to California. 1/8 of CA's populace is of "Okie" heritage.