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TIL Operation Mockingbird was a classified CIA program spanning from the 50’s through to late 70’s intended to influence the media and create ‘a propaganda network’ of leading American journalists.

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gMLa8 TIL a California dam collapse in 1928 is considered one of the worst engineering disasters in US history. Its chief engineer took sole responsibility, testifying, "If there was an error in human judgment, I was the human." Over 400 people were killed when the dam failed in the middle of the night.
XEvwP Moon bases could be built using astronaut urine
9Y5w6 TIL about randomart in ssh. It generates ASCII art from ssh keys. SSH keys are long strings of characters, and they are easy to verify with a computer, but difficult for humans to verify visually. If you regularly ssh to a server, it's anticipated that you'd notice any changes to the picture.
El5p TIL: Top gear UK was chased out of an Argentinian village by Falklands war veterans throwing rocks
x6BoD TIL that lower testosterone has been scientifically proven to be associated with leftists beliefs