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TIL that various animals have been awarded degrees, exposing the fraudulent activities of “degree mills.” One instance includes a cat that received an MBA and had a 3.5 GPA.

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oBaEW TIL: After WW2, the Allies discovered meticulous plans for a Sun Gun by the Nazis. Planned by renowned Nazi Scientist Hermann Oberth, it was a .62 mile mirror attached to a space station to burn cities and evaporate oceans estimated to take 15 years to build. He later joined NASA.
PYpVO TIL that Woodrow Wilson re-segregated Princeton University when he was the school's president
pV7Z TIL while Erin Langworthy was bungee jumping 360 feet above the Zambezi river, the cord broke and she was forced to swim the raging waters with her feet tied together, at one point diving to free the rope from debris.
AXMl TIL Subway is just as unhealthy as McDonalds, according to researchers at UCLA
QNEEL TIL the $6B Shoreham nuclear plant on Long Island was built, commissioned, never put into service, then dismantled over the lack of an evacuation plan