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TIL of No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot who defected in his MiG-15, allowing the Wests first look at the fighter. As part of Operation Moolah, he was given $100k and later became a US Citizen and aeronautical engineer

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0wdvM To conform to the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the U.S. must cull its deployed nuclear strategic warheads by roughly 700. Once the National Nuclear Security Administration’s scientists inspect each warhead to determine the best way to take it apart, it goes to Pantex Plant in Texas, the only facility cleared to disassemble nukes.
awDd9 TIL A Florida artist created the cover for Playboy's special Hugh Hefner tribute issue using hundreds of bits of paper culled from the Playboy magazine archives. He got the job two days after Hefner's death when he emailed Playboy a brief proposal offering his services
96DQ TIL that during the 70s one suicide jumper from the Golden Gate Bridge had a note that read “I’m going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.”
mmlp TIL in 2007, the Israeli Ambassador to El Salvador was recalled after being found outside the Embassy drunk, hands tied, wearing only a corset bondage gear, and with a cucumber inserted into his rectum. The police only discovered his identity after removing the ball gag from his mouth.
R7rvw TIL of the Son of Sam laws that state convicted criminals cannot profit in any way from their crimes whether it be from books, tv, film, etc. All proceeds from these deals go directly to the victims or their families.