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TIL Reagan intended to give the technology behind SDI to the USSR in order to eliminate the threat of nuclear war for both parties.

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j6wRM TIL That geckos harness the quantum energy of the vacuum of space to help them climb walls.
6YD7 TIL in WWII the captain of a US cargo plane shot and killed a Japanese fighter pilot with only his Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) that was shoved through the cabin window.
kO7YB TIL the Hawaiian island chain (the whole chain, not just the eight main Windward islands) if superimposed on the US mainland would stretch approximately from Florida to California. They stretch 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers).
LkwZ TIL that Gandhi wrote a letter to “every Briton” urging them to surrender to Hitler and “Let them take possession of your beautiful island, with your many beautiful buildings.”
dXXK TIL Disney hired kodak to make the pavement in their parks a certain hue of pink, to make their grass look greener (by wearing out the red receptors in your eyes).