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TIL I learned that the surveillance technology in the 1998 movie "Enemy of the State", which shows the NSA hunting Will Smith using live satellite feeds, didn't exist until a government research engineer saw the movie and kicked started the development of Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI).

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VMd8B TIL salt mines are used for storage because of their lots of space, low humidity (45%), and low risk of fires. E.g. in Kansas.
v1ZXx TIL about "refeeding syndrome". Where many WW2 prisoners suffering from starvation died after over eating after release at the end of the war.
6EKMl TIL about Sarah Rosetta Wakeman who was a woman that served in the Union Army During the American Civil War. Serving under a fake name, she was given the position of prison guard. During here time at the prison one of the female inmates there was doing time for the same crime she was committing.
LQMXm TIL An Eurasian eagle-owl, nicknamed Flaco, escaped its’ long-time enclosure at the Central Park Zoo in New York City and took up residence in Central Park starting early February 2023. The owl is currently living in the park and learning to hunt.
yV84J TIL Mary Anning was an early collector of fossils, including ichthyosaur, plesiosaur, and pterosaur. She is also the inspiration for the tongue twister, “She sells sea shells by the sea shore.”