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TIL the military has used Silly String to detect trip wires in Iraq. The strands of string go 10-12 feet and are light enough to not set off the tripwire.

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6Lel TIL that growing up, Stephen Colbert always wanted to pronounce his last name with a silent “t” and decided to do it while on a flight to attend college as no one knew him there. Colbert says his father always wanted to switch too, but he “lacked the pretentious gene that I have.”
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78YAL TIL that the test to measure the maneuverability in automobiles is called the elk test because it measure how successfully a vehicle handles avoiding large unexpected animals on Scandinavians roads.