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TIL Skyhook from The Dark Knight is a real thing developed for the CIA in the 1950’s and used until the mid 1990’s.

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8axeP TIL of Helen Gandy who was Edgar Hoover's secretary for 54 years. The day of his death, she resigned and destroyed all of his personal FBI files that he used to manipulate key Washington figures.
vMaj TIL: The opening of the male urethra, the meatus, is a vertical slit in order to force urine to exit in a spiral after having traveled the length of the penis in a vertically compressed tube. This design allows for greater control of the stream and also keeps the end of the urethra clean.
0o4N TIL that for 6 years a security guard at the company that did McDonald’s marketing and promotions stole game pieces worth $24 Million, netting $1 Million in kickbacks for himself as he could not redeem prizes himself.
R7d48 TIL President of South Korea from 2013-2017, Park Geun-hye, was controlled/influenced by the leaders of a Korean cult. They allegedly masterminded government policy and decision making during Park's administration. The regime also established a commission to censor and harass critics in the media.
vjwx TIL that in 1972, NASA had a highly successful rocket that qualified for a manned Mars mission. It was canceled.