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TIL some radar detectors use radar detector detector detectors to detect radar detector detectors to prevent detection

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VBn60 TIL about the R9X variant of the Hellfire missile that has no warhead, but instead uses six pop out blades to cause fatal damage to its target.
e8AJ TIL of surrealist poet Robert Desnos who started reading palms of fellow prisoners on their way to the Nazi gas chambers. His excitement was so contagious as he predicted longevity, more children, and abundant joy that the guards were unable to go through with the executions.
pYBoN TIL your belly button depth isn’t determined by the cut at birth, but just randomly how your stump heals.
5B98 TIL that it took Pearl Jam around 70 times to record the song ‘Even Flow’, With guitarist Mike McCready stating, “I swear to God it was a nightmare. We played that thing over and over until we hated each other.”
69BoW TIL words that describe themselves - "letters" is made of letters - are called autological