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TIL: Reinhard Gehlen, The Chief of FHO, the Nazi German Army's military intelligence unit on the Eastern Front (1941–45) was recruited by the American CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) immediately after the war and remained its close affiliate.

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awwyo Pyrocumulus clouds tower tall above a wildfire in these photos taken last week from an Oregon National Guard F-15C. Most cumulus clouds form when the sun-warmed surface heats air, causing it to rise and carry moisture upward where it condenses to form clouds. In pyrocumulus clouds, the driving heat is supplied by a forest fire or volcanic eruption. The hot, rising air carries smoke and soot particles upward, where they become nucleation sites for condensation. Pyrocumulus clouds can be especially turbulent, and the gusting winds they produce can exacerbate wildfires. In some cases, the clouds can even develop into a pyrocumulonimbus thunderstorm with rain and lightning.
xVMdg TIL The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez once spoke for 8 hours straight on his own Talk Show
DQXwY TIL the town of Codell, Kansas was hit by tornadoes on the same day, May 20, for 3 consecutive years
RbR8 TIL that the terms “white meat” and “dark meat” come from the Victorian era when people were too embarrassed to use the words “leg” and “breast”
5VY5p TIL that while impressed by his book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica", the UK's science academy couldn't publish Isaac Newton's book due to being nearly bankrupt from spending all of its money printing the "History of Fish". Thankfully, scientist Edmond Halley's funded the printing.