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TIL Military scientists belive spider silk can be used to make body armor.

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GnVg TIL Tiger Woods stuttered as a child and used to talk to his dog until he fell asleep in an effort to get rid of it.
grMo9 TIL that in the 1950s British developed a ten-kiloton nuclear land mine that used living chickens as a source of heat to keep their electronics working during winter.
78ER7 TIL that in 1984, British Railways deliberately crashed a train carrying nuclear fuel to prove its safety.
JY9X4 TIL that the Karamanid dynasty, a Muslim beylik (principality) that existed in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) from 1250-1487, used a blue Star of David on a white background for their flag
xMJw TIL that in the ‘60s, the C.I.A. paid Vietnamese spies with merchandise from mail-order Sears catalogs, since they had little use for paper money