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TIL the NATO call sign of the Mig-15 was Fagot

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Py1G TIL that Archimedes tactics for helping fight off the Romans from Syracuse were so effective that if the Romans saw a piece of rope or wood sticking out of a wall in a strange way, they would run in fear that Archimedes had tampered it.
YZ8d TIL: Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen was the only person to have a private interview with Jack Ruby, the man who shot Lee Oswald. She told friends about the JFK assassination “If its the last thing I do I’m going to break this case” -she never did. She was found dead in mysterious circumstances.
0ybR TIL that when Roy Horn, of Zigfried and Roy, was “attacked” by the white tiger Montecore, it was because Roy had suffered a stroke on stage and Montecore responded by picking him up to move him out of the way, severing an artery in the process.
eB86 TIL-25 hospitals in North America & Europe have visual messages strategically placed near the ceilings in operating rooms. These messages are only visible when read from above, and are part of an on-going study to test the validity people claiming to have ‘out of body’ experiences.
j6ngX TIL that being "smooth brained" is an actual disorder called Lissencephaly, it's rare and results in a lot of problems, like seizures, severe mental/physical disabilities, and a much lower life expectancy, treatments have gotten better though