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TIL Soldiers in the U.S. military’s psychological warfare department (PSYOPS) used loudspeakers to tempt enemy fighters in Afghanistan into battles they couldn’t win by calling them,”lady men” and “cowardly dogs” and also air dropped propaganda leaflets.

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MMgK TIL that 20 years ago when Zach Galifianakis learned a woman at his laundromat was homeless, he began paying her rent. He still does, and is sure to meet up for the occasional lunch. She will be his date to ‘Hangover Part III’ premiere.
Wvm8 TIL companies such as Google, Lego and Xerox regularly work to avoid the risk of their trademarked names becoming genericized, because if those terms become fully generalized terms for ‘internet search’, 'interconnecting plastic block’ or 'photocopy’, then they could lose those trademarks.
gMQ64 Today I learned there was a third US political party formed my Teddy Roosevelt called the Progressive Party. It was also known as the “bull moose party”
J177l TIL about Tiangong (“Sky Palace”), a permanently crewed Chinese space station. It operates in low Earth orbit between 210 and 280 miles above the surface. Launched on 29 April 2021, it's been manned by a crew of 3 to 6 astronauts since 5 June 2022.
oBo1K TIL of the Magic Roundabout, the “most complex intersection” in the world.