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TIL that when the US Marines were first experimenting with reconnaissance drones, they named their model the "Bikini" because it was a "small item that covered a large area of interest."

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nlW7 TIL Bath Salts were a huge drug problem in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, but the government kept the problem quiet through control of the state-run media. Bath Salts are called “Jeff” in Russia. (resubmitted with correct link)
epRdJ TIL US military funded E-girl influencers are trying to get Gen Z into the military
jNDnv TIL of a rare complication from a rare disease. 43 year old man had pectus excavatum repair at age 7, but at his older age was still extremely exhausted. Doctors found that the early procedure in his life had destroyed his rib growth plates. His rib cage had stopped growing after 7 years old
8yrZ TIL After the MOD decided not to recognise the 50th anniversary of the RAF. Flight Lieutenant Allan Pollock Flew his hawker hunter jet under Tower Bridge and around London without permission from the RAF or MOD to commemorate the occasion.
Z8BJD TIL The male octopus does not have a penis. A special arm called the hectocotylus, carries the sperm, and in some species they do no use it for penetration. They simply rip the entire limb off, and present it to the female.