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TIL Bigorexia is a condition where someone thinks that their body is puny or not muscular enough, even if objectively they would be considered fit or athletic by other people, the condition is also called Muscle Dysmorphia. About 10% of the men going to the gym suffers from it.

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xVOnw TIL that in the 1950s there was a British plan to plant nuclear mines in Germany to prevent a potential Soviet invasion with the mines being kept warm in the winter using live chickens. The idea was considered so outlandish it when it was declassified it was thought to be an April Fools joke..
16JED TIL Jimmy Carter betrayed the Shah and worked directly with Imam Khomeini long before the Iranian Revolution, guaranteeing Khomeini's future rule and avoiding a royal military counter-coup, in exchange for protecting US oil interests in Iran
EMKw TIL The SR-71 had an armed version called the F-12, which carried three Falcon missiles that were capable of mach 4. The aircraft was actually tested and shot down a bomber from nearly 74,000 feet. It was cancelled when Robert McNamara refused to release its funding, and instead spent it on Vietnam.
yoE8 TIL that in 1979, the Yale class of ‘54 decided to do an investment experiment. They put together $375,000 to be invested in the riskiest fashion possible, which would then be donated to Yale. In 2004, they presented the university with… $90 million.
9av6 TIL Russia has to bomb their rivers every winter to prevent dangerous flooding caused by ice dams.