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TIL about Project Genetrix which was a United States Air Force program designed to launch General Mills manufactured surveillance balloons over China, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to take aerial photographs and collect intelligence.

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wL577 TIL that Tetris is still the no. 1 best selling video game of all time with 1.5x the sales of Minecraft and nearly 2x the sales of Grand Theft Auto V
GYd7g TIL of the tragedy of Love Canal, NY a town that was meant to be a dream community but was built on a toxic waste dump. The government ignored helping the families suffering from birth defects and health issues until a group of activist moms kidnapped 2 EPA officials for a few hours.
KOJPw TIL in 1998, Disney's copyright on Pluto, set to expire in 2003, was extended by the passage of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. Sonny Bono was an American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and congressman who came to fame in partnership with his second wife Cher.
6bYJ TIL there is only one species of warm-blooded fish on Earth - the opah (Lampris guttatus)
E1Bmo TIL: There is a Victorian time capsule under Cleopatra's Needle in London that contains photographs of the 12 best looking women in England