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TIL that Piper aircraft is a state-owned firm owned by Brunei government

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epn9g TIL that in 1915 civic leaders of San Diego hired a rainmaker for $10,000 to counteract the effects of a drought.
GARPJ TIL about the Pulsed energy projectile (PAP). A non lethal technology that can could induce cold burn feelings and other forms of painful sensations. Due to public fear of using it aa a torture tool that wouldn't leave any physical evidence, a U.S military program was discontinued.
Z84Mp TIL that NASA astronaut Scott Kelly took a gorilla suit with him to the International Space Station and used it to play a prank on British astronaut Tim Peake.
oWDK TIL that in 1983, a man confessed to his wife’s murder after part of a female skull was discovered in a peat bog near their home in England. He was convicted based on this confession. The skull turned out to be from someone who actually died about 1750 years earlier.
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