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TIL Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion

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oBLZr TIL: Lamborghini doesn't Make TV Commercials because it is an ineffective way of reaching their target audience and "cheapens" their brand
gM7Ny TIL of the USS Yorktown. A US navy ship that was left "dead in the water" after a member of the crew accidentally tried to divide by 0 on it's computers. This caused many of the ship's computer systems to crash, including propulsion resulting in it needing towing back to port.
9YbX7 TIL Baader Planetarium in Germany manufactures a filter film for safe viewing of the sun. This precision film was made in laboratories for nuclear and particle physic and its reflective property reduces intensity of sunlight by over 99.999%. The Sun appears in its real color - neutral white
XKE TIL 11 things China did for the 2008 Olympics, which included arresting bald and smelly cab drivers
yVeOl TIL that during WWII a pilot named J. Hunter Reinberg wanted to make ice cream for his men in the Pacific Theater. So he flew to 33,000 ft and came back down with gallons of chocolate ice cream.