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TIL The SR-71 Blackbird’s standard evasive action is to simply accelerate and outfly missiles

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5YV9n TIL in Kenya (and eastern Africa) people accused of witchcraft are beaten and burned alive, and such lynchings are on the rise
694ZZ TIL Marie Curie gave away most of her Nobel Prize money, repaid the scholarship she received as a student as soon as she began working, and refrained from patenting the radiation-isolation process so that the scientific community would not have any trouble with continuing research.
kOpwB TIL that the heart transplanted into patient number one, was broken.
Go7E TIL a man called “Paz” snuck into Paris Hilton’s 30th birthday party, stole her $3200 red velvet cake, and gave it away to the homeless of Los Angeles.
MeJOa TIL after an Iranian government contract for a British company was cancelled and given to Siemens instead, a British embassy investigation revealed that it was because Siemens' Iranian sales agent allowed the Shah to sleep with his wife in exchange for the contract.